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bivalve (Pitar patagonicus)

Description

Notes: A pre-printed loose "Challenger" Expedition"/"Pres. by Brit. Mus: Nov.99" label has the handwritten pencil inscription - "Cytherea (Coryalis) rostrata Koch/Monte video 13fts" and below that the date "25.2.76" and the number "3", which corresponds to an entry in the Perth Museum 1899 Accession Register. A Green bordered label on the box has the ink inscription "1051 - Chall. Exped./ Cytherea (Coryalis) rostrata /Monte video 13fts [Koch". The ink number (1051) refers to an entry in the Catalogue of the Conchological Collections in the Perth Museum, by Henry Coates, FSA, dated 1925.