Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.1714-1715
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Bittium perparvulum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
22 July 1874 - 22 July 1874
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Paralectotype
;Syntype
Station:
172
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Caenogastropoda
Family:
Cerithiidae
Genus:
Bittium
Species:
Bittium perparvulum Watson, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
172
Date collected:
22/07/1874
Area:
Inside the reef, Tongatabu [Tongatapu], Tonga
Water body:
Western Central Pacific Ocean
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
18 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-20.97
Decimal Longitude:
-175.15
Surface Temperature:
75°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Coral sand
