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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.1123-1126

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

10 September 1873

Area or Water body

Barra Grande, off Pernambuco, Brazil
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 350
Sediment sample: Red clay
Surface Temperature (°F): 77.5

Taxonomic groups

Pleurotoma (Borsonia) silicea
Pleurotoma Borsonia
Pleurotoma
Turridae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

122

Gear

Trawl

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