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Snail (Chicoreus cornucervi)

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Description

Notes: Previous name: Murex (Chicoreus) monodon Sowerby, 1825

Accession number

NH:1899.114.184

Holding institution

National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Date collected

9 September 1874

Area or Water body

Cape York (near), Queensland, Australia
Coral Sea

Form

Dry [also mummified tissue]

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 6
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02428

Taxonomic groups

Chicoreus cornucervi
Chicoreus
Muricidae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

187

Gear

Dredge

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