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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.1322

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

8 September 1874

Area or Water body

Off Wednesday Island, Cape York, North-east Australia
Coral Sea

Form

Dry

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 8
Sediment sample: Sand and shells
Surface Temperature (°F): 77.2

Taxonomic groups

Cypraea bicolor (?)
Cypraea ?
Cypraea
Cypraeidae
Littorinimorpha
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

186

Gear

Dredge

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