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ANSP Veneridae
Veneridae  Mercenaria mercenaria Linne 1758 
voucher   
Dry Catalog #  
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Catalog date      
donor Carriker, M. R. 
donation date      
provenance Carriker, M. R. 
Alcohol Catalog # A12203 
Count   valves 
Catalog date 10  Feb  1988 
Preservative  
Prefixative relaxed in cocaine. 
Fixative 50% alc, 3% h2c0, 8% glycerol. 
Postfixative  

ecology  
unnamed locality  
specific locality Shark River 
secondary division Monmouth County 
primary division New Jersey 
country USA 
original locality  
Coordinates 40°10'N, 074°05'W 
source of coordinates Coordinates estimated 
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date collected 21  Feb  1954         
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Remarks

ANSP A12203

remarks Fluid changed to propylene phenoxetol and 5% glycerol, 09 May 1963. Added fresh phenoxetol, 8% glycerol, Aug 1973. Lot placed in new 70% ethanol, Jan 1988. Specimen not opened. Juvenile. 

annotation 01, 25 Jan 1988, E. Spamer, split from Urosalpinx cinerea, ANSP A12202. 

Citations

ANSP A12203