Malacology 375870: Argonauta argo

Identifications

Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758

Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Octopodiformes Octopoda Incirrata Argonautoidea Argonautidae Argonauta argo

greater argonaut

Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Citations

Johnson 1975, Page 92, Voucher of Argonauta argo

Cited as MCZ 293001

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Media Details
World's largest shell of the Paper Nautilus (Argonauta argo Linnaeus)

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	[no higher geography data]
Specific Locality:	[no specific locality data]
Verbatim Locality:	[no verbatim locality data]
Collecting Source:	unknown
Collecting Date:	[no verbatim date data] (1700-01-01 - 2007-05-01)
Collecting Event Remarks:	End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event

Collectors

[no agent data]

Identifiers

previous number: MCZ Mala 293001 (duplicate)

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
shell (dry)	fair	in collection	1	cracked/broken along ventral/poster margin. Specimen measures 26.2 cm along its widest (anterior/posterior) margin (AJB - 14 April 2021)

Remarks: Female shell. "World's largest specimen purchased ca. 1850 by T.H. Perkins for $500.00"

Media

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MCZ Malacology Mollusca 278001-283000, pg.1

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MCZ Malacology Mollusca 288001-294000, pg.202

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