Tusk shell
NHMUK-1887.2.9.14
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Dentalium entalis striolatum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
20 May 1873 - 20 May 1873
Form:
Dry
Station:
49
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Dentaliida
Family:
Dentaliida
Genus:
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758
Species:
Dentalium entalis Sars, 1872
Subspecies:
Dentalium entalis striolatum
Station/Area Information
Station:
49
Date collected:
20/05/1873
Area:
South of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Water body:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
21
Depth (Fathoms):
85 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
43.05
Decimal Longitude:
-63.65
Surface Temperature:
40.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
35°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Gravel and stones
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02606
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02534
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
35.2°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
35.2°F
Temperature at 80 fathoms:
35.2°F
