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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Testudinidae
Species: Testudo geometrica  
Cat No: NRM 31495. N=1
Determiner: Quensel, C 1802 Length: 61 mm SL Preparation: Skeleton
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data. From the old collection. Included in C. Quensel's catalogue of 1802
Field Number: KVA-QUENSEL/KAT Leg: Unknown Date:

Object remarks: Mounted on wooden block. Illegible mark on plastron. Tre specimen of T. geometrica in Quensel's catalogue, as well as in Sundevall's Remisscatalog (about 1840), but NRM 31478, may be an additional candidate to be included as T. geometrica by Quensel(?). Of these 4, 2 are given away to schools /EIÅ, 2013
Locality remarks: Date of collecting and accession antedates 1802.

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