Description

Synonyms: Placamen calophyllum

Notes: The ink annotaded label on the box states "1061" - "Chal. Exped."/ "Venus (Chione) calophilla./ W. of Cape York. 3-12 fs {Phil} ". A Pre-printed label states "Challenger" Expedition" and "Pres. by Brit. Mus: Nov.99." A handwritten pencilled description states ""Venus (Chione) calophilla/ Phil.": "W. of Cape York/ 3-12 fts" The pencil number "2" refers to the entry received from the British Museum in the Accession Register 1884-1901; which also gives the date of Sept. 1874. The "ink number 1061" refers to the entry in the Catalogue of the Conchological Collections in the Perth Museum, by Henry Coates, FSA, dated 1925.