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Tusk shell (Dentalium longitrorsum)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.34

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

11 September 1874

Area or Water body

South of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Arafura Sea

Form

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 25
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02269
Surface Temperature (°F): 79

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium longitrorsum
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

189

Gear

Trawl

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