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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.349

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

28 February 1876

Area or Water body

Off Montevideo, Uruguay
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 33.1
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.0286
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02477
Surface Temperature (°F): 73.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 71.5;69.5;67.5;65.5;63.5;61.5;59.5;57.5;55.5;53.5;51.5;49.5;42;38.9;37.8;37;37;37;37;37;37;37;37;37;36.3;34.8;33.8;33.1

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Basilissa simplex
Basilissa
Seguenziidae
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

323

Gear

Trawl

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