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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.8

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

29 January 1874

Area or Water body

Off London River, Kerguelen Island
Antarctic Indian Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

58

Field measurements and observations

Sediment sample: Green mud
Surface Temperature (°F): 40.2

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium aegeum
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Gear

Dredge

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