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Tusk shell (Dentalium yokohamense)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.45-47

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

17 May 1875

Area or Water body

Yokohama, Japan
Northwest Pacific Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

61

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 8
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Surface Temperature (°F): 62.3

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Dentalium yokohamense
Dentalium
Dentaliida
Scaphopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

233

Gear

Dredge

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