Letter 1472
Darwin, C. R. to Forbes, Edward
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Discusses Balanus unguiformis. Promises to return specimen.
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Down Farnborough Kent
Jan
My dear Forbes
The Balanus from Bembridge, Barton & Headon beds is the same species B. unguiformis of Sowerby. The Headon specimens, about which I doubted are the best characterised & are so perfect, as to be worth preserving. The specimens shall be taken care of, & returned to you hereafter with others that I have of yours.—
Most truly your's | C. Darwin
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CD described these fossil specimens from Eocene formations of the southern British coast and the Isle of Wight in Living Cirripedia (1854): 296–8. He included short descriptions of the fossil forms of Balanidae and Verrrucidae in Living Cirripedia (1854) because at this stage he was unsure that the Palaeontographical Society would publish a work on the fossil species of these groups. - +
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Forbes was among those thanked in the preface of Fossil Cirripedia (1854) for having provided specimens.