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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.1081-1082

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

15 March 1873

Area or Water body

S of Sombrero Island (Lesser Antilles)
Western Central Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

31

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 450
Sediment sample: Pteropod ooze
Surface Temperature (°F): 76

Taxonomic groups

Pleurotoma (Defrancia) hormophora
Pleurotoma Defrancia
Pleurotoma
Turridae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

23

Gear

Dredge

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