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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.2873-2875

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

10 September 1874

Area or Water body

South of New Guinea
Arafura Sea

Form

Dry

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 28
Sediment sample: Sand and shells
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02327
Surface Temperature (°F): 78.5

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Cardita insignis
Cardita
Carditidae
Carditoida
Bivalvia
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

188

Gear

Dredge & Trawl

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