Tusk shell
NH:1899.114.228
Holding institution:
Donor:
British Museum (Trustees of the)1899-08-08
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Common name:
Tusk-shell
Scientific name:
Cadulus tumidosus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
19 July 1873 - 19 July 1873
Form:
Dry [also mummified tissue]
Station:
85
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Gadilida
Family:
Gadilidae
Genus:
Cadulus
Species:
Cadulus tumidosus Jeffreys 1877
Station/Area Information
Station:
85
Date collected:
19/07/1873
Area:
La Palma (off), Canary Islands
Water body:
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
34
Depth (Fathoms):
1125 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
28.70
Decimal Longitude:
-18.10
Gear:
Dredge
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02608
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
63°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
61.2°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
59.8°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
58.5°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
54.8°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
51.5°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
48.5°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
46°F
