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Tusk shell (Dentalium acutissimum)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.31-2

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

1 March 1875

Area or Water body

West of Almiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Sea

Form

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.4
Depth (Fathoms): 1070
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02773
Surface Temperature (°F): 84
Temperature at x fathoms: 83.2;83;82.5;82.1;81.5;80.9;80;78.4;75.8;72.8;69.8;66.8;63.8;60.8;57.8;55.5;53.8;52.1;51;50;45.2;42.4;40.5;39.2;38.4;37.9;37.4

Type status

Lectotype & ParalectotypeSyntype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium acutissimum
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

218

Gear

Trawl

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