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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.35

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

25 March 1873

Area or Water body

N. of Culebra Island, West Indies
Western Central Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

31

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 390
Sediment sample: Pteropod ooze
Surface Temperature (°F): 76

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium compressum
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

24

Gear

Dredge

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