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Copyright/attribution: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Accession number

NMW.1955.158.26075

Holding institution

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Date collected

30 June 1873

Area or Water body

West of the Azores, Portugal
Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

27

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 1000
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02883
Temperature at x fathoms: 59.8;57;54;49;45.5;43.4;42;41;40;39.4

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium subterfissum
Dentalium
Dentaliidae
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

73

Gear

Dredge

Description

Notes: 2 parts. Labelled as "Dentalium subterfissum"

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