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Tusk shell (Dentalium leptosceles)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1889.11.11.162

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

13 March 1874

Area or Water body

South of Australia
Eastern Indian Ocean

Form

FAO

57

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 33.9
Depth (Fathoms): 2600
Sediment sample: Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.0278
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02627
Surface Temperature (°F): 55
Temperature at x fathoms: 51.8;48.5;47.9;47.7;47.5;47.2;44.9;41.6;38.5;37;36.8;36.6;36.4

Type status

Paralectotype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium leptosceles
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

160

Gear

Trawl

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