Mollusca Cephalopoda Nautilida
Nautilidae Nautilus macromphalus
Genus Species

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Original label taped inside shell: Nautilus macromphalus G. B. Sowerby, 1849. Off Manus Island, east coast of New Guinea. Trapped in baited wire traps in a depth of approximately 1500 feet, 1966." Previous ID Nautilus pompilius Linn 1758 by K.D. Trego. Trego note on paper label: "resembles N. macromphalus but not in range."

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Manus Island

2.0729° S
146.9365° E

457.0 m

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baited wire trap

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dry

dry

Verbatim date: 1966.