Tusk shell
NHMUK-1887.2.9.42
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Dentalium subterfissum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
9 September 1873 - 9 September 1873
Form:
Dry
Station:
120
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Dentaliida
Family:
Dentaliida
Genus:
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758
Species:
Dentalium subterfissum Jeffreys, 1877
Station/Area Information
Station:
120
Date collected:
09/09/1873
Area:
Off Pernambuco, Brazil
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
675 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-8.62
Decimal Longitude:
-34.47
Surface Temperature:
78°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Red mud
