From A. C. V. D. d’Orbigny [14 February 1845?]

[Identifies CD’s fossil shells and marks new species. Many species have been described previously by Orbigny. The list is annotated by CD and George Brettingham Sowerby.]

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-830,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-830

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Identifications of CD’s fossil shells. New species marked; many described previously by ADd’O.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-830
From: Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines (Alcide) d’Orbigny
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: [14 Feb 1845?]
Sent from: unstated
Source of text: DAR 43.1: 68–89
Physical description: Amem 22pp † (by CD & G.B. Sowerby, elder)

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3.

From A. C. V. D. d’Orbigny [14 February 1845?]

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