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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Emydidae
Species: Clemmys caspica  
Cat No: NRM 7043. N=2
Determiner: Andersson, LG Length: Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: From Charles de Geer's (1720-1778) collection, maybe examined by C. Linnaeus who visited the collection several times
Field Number: KVA-GEER Leg: Date: before 1778
PARALECTOTYPE Testudo galeata Schoepff, 1792
Object remarks: Marked in de Geer's copies of Systema Naturae, both X and XII ed. = antedates 1766. Data from these specimens communicated by P Swartz to Schoepff and published by Schoepff in 1792. Lectotype will be designated by Fritz /EIÅ, 2013.
Locality remarks: After Charles de Geer's death in 1778 his widow the same year presented his collections to the Academy of Science - but without a list of content. Included are material from Daniel Rolander's journey to Suriname 1755-1756 as well as parts of Johan Albert Schlosser's (? - 1769) collection. / EIÅ, 2014

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