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Sea snail (Trochus (Margarita) scintillans)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.337-340

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

25 March 1873

Area or Water body

Culebra Island, St Thomas, West Indies
Western Central Atlantic Ocean

Form

FAO

31

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 390
Sediment sample: Pteropod ooze
Surface Temperature (°F): 76

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Trochus (Margarita) scintillans
Trochus Margarita
Trochus
Trochidae
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

24

Gear

Dredge

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