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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.12

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

14 December 1875

Area or Water body

Between Juan Fernandez and Valparaiso, Chile
Southeast Pacific Ocean

FAO

87

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.2
Depth (Fathoms): 2160
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02773
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02505
Surface Temperature (°F): 62
Temperature at x fathoms: 59;53.1;50.9;49.1;47.8;46.5;45.3;44.4;43.5;42.8;42.1;41.7;40.6;39.3;38.5;37.7;37;36.6;36.3;36;35.8;35.6;35.4;35.2

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium ceras
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

299

Gear

Trawl

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