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mollusc (Chicoreus cervicornis)

Description

Notes: The handwritten ink label loose with the specimen states "Murex cervicornis", "Chall. Exp. Sta.187" and "Cape York/ 6fms". The number "744" has also been written in ink across this label. The printed blue-bordered adhesive label on the box lid, bears the handwritten ink inscription "744", "Chall.Exp." and "Murex cervicornis, Lam/Cape York. Sta.187. 6fms". The number (744) refers to an entry in the Catalogue of the Conchological Collections in the Perth Museum, by Henry Coates, FSA, dated 1925.