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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Cheloniidae
Species: Chelonia mydas  
Cat No: NRM 6880. N=1
Determiner: Unknown Length: Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data. From the old collection (before 1839)
Field Number: KVA-ANTE1839 Leg: Unknown Date: before 1839
SYNTYPE Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758
Object remarks: Oldest label by unknown hand: Testudo mydas. May or may not have an origin in the Drottningholm Collection, partly depending on who wrote that label (not Swartz, not Quensel). May also come from the de Geer collection. An 18th century specimen in excellent condition /EIÅ, 2012. Potential type specimen under investigation /EIÅ & SOK, 2012.
Locality remarks: Field station for specimens marked 'Ante 1839', 'Coll.Acad.', or 'Gamla samlingen'. Gamla samlingen usually apply to material antedating 1828 (cf. Andersson's Catalogue: Anguis fragilis: 9) /EIÅ, 2016

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