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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.49

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

28 October 1873 - 17 December 1873

Area or Water body

Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Southeast Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 20

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium dentalis
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

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