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1924.9.9.14-16

Classification
Scientific name: Velodona togata capensis Robson, 1924
Author: Robson, 1924
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Megaleledonidae
Genus: Velodona
Species: togata
Subspecies: capensis
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Octopodiformes; Octopoda; Incirrata; Octopodoidea; Megaleledonidae
Location
Locality: Natal
Country: South Africa
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; South Africa
Collection event
Recorded by: Gilchrist
Identification
Type status: TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Velodona togata capensis Robson, 1924
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1924.9.9.14-16
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:5559450
Registration code: MO17
Donor name: Committee on Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa
Individual count: 3
Zoology
Barcode: 011429742
Record
Occurrence ID: e9c76ad6-bff8-4ad6-bb83-bfab74907774
Modified: 2025-05-15T11:11:24+00:00
Created: 2015-03-17T15:00:52+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-03-17T15:00:52+00:00
Last updated 2025-05-15T11:11:24+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb