R. Owen. Memoir of the Pearly Nautilus (Nautilus Pompilius, Linn.) with illustrations of its external form and internal structure (London, Royal College of Surgeons, 1832)

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The printed text is interleaved with manuscripts and watercolour and pencil drawings. There are letters of A. Valenciennes (Paris) and R. Hinds concerning specimens of Nautilus acquired by Capt. E. Belcher and Capt. Dumont d'Urville at Amboyna, 1840-1842.

The Memoir was based on a specimen of Pearly Nautilus found by G. Bennett at Erromanga, New Hebrides, in Aug. 1829 and presented to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1831.

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