Collections

mollusc (Cerithidium perparvulum)

Description

Synonyms: Bittium perparvulum

Notes: 4 pairs of minute molluscs contained withan a 1cm round specimen box, inscribed "Challenger/Sep.8/.74": "Bittium perparvulum", "W", "Flinders Passage/7fm". The numbers "130" and "8" above it are inscribed along the circumference of this box. The base of the box has the red ink number "G.150". These numbers cannot be linked to any existing numbering system. This small box is contained within a rectangular box, with a green framed adhesive label inscribed "654", "Chall Exp" and Bittium perparvulum". The number (654) refers to an entry in the Catalogue of the Conchological Collections in the Perth Museum, by Henry Coates, FSA, dated 1925.