Tusk shell
NHMUK-1887.2.9.50-1
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Dentalium javanum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
10 September 1874 - 10 September 1874
Form:
Dry
Station:
188
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Dentaliida
Family:
Dentaliida
Genus:
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758
Species:
Dentalium javanum Sowerby
Station/Area Information
Station:
188
Date collected:
10/09/1874
Area:
South of New Guinea
Water body:
Arafura Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
28 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-9.98
Decimal Longitude:
139.70
Surface Temperature:
78.5°F
Gear:
Dredge & Trawl
Sediment sample:
Sand and shells
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02327
