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1887.2.9.555

Classification
Scientific name: Murex (Pseudomurex) aedonius R. B. Watson, 1886
Author: R. B. Watson, 1886
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Subgenus: Pseudomurex
Species: aedonius
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Neogastropoda; Muricoidea; Muricidae; Muricinae
Location
Locality: Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha
Water body: Atlantic Ocean
Decimal latitude: -37.4250
Decimal longitude: -12.4750
Verbatim latitude: 37 25 30 S
Verbatim longitude: 012 28 30 W
Minimum depth(m): 183
Maximum depth(m): 274
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Collection date: 17 / 10 / 1873
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Murex (Pseudomurex) aedonius R. B. Watson, 1886 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1887.2.9.555
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499818
Registration code: MO
Kind of object: Shell only
Kind of collection: dry
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 011281443
Record
Occurrence ID: 63d13109-e8df-4a57-97c3-e679d8369d12
Modified: 2022-08-23T15:59:39+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T18:32:19+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T18:32:19+00:00
Last updated 2022-08-23T15:59:39+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb