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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Cheloniidae
Species: Chelonia mydas  
Cat No: NRM 6881. N=1
Determiner: Fries, BF 1831 Length: 90 cm TL Preparation: Skin
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River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data - probably included in the catalogue of Bengt Fries Oct 1831
Field Number: KVA-FRIES Leg: Date: antedating 1831
SYNTYPE Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758
Object remarks: No labels. Discarded about 1975. Saved by G Frisk and donated in 2010. Probably Ch. mydas # b in Fries catalogue 1831 and # 20 or 22 in Sundevalls catalogue. Potential type specimen under investigation /EIÅ & SOK, 2012.
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