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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.524

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

29 September 1874

Area or Water body

Banda Island, Off Arrou/Aru Island, Indonesia
Western Central Pacific Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 360
Sediment sample: Volcanic mud
Surface Temperature (°F): 83

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Murex dentifer
Murex
Muricidae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

194

Gear

Dredge

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