Tusk shell
NHMUK-1887.2.9.63
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Siphodentalium tytthum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
25 March 1873 - 25 March 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
24
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Gadilida
Family:
Gadilidae
Genus:
Siphodentalium
Species:
Siphodentalium tytthum Watson, 1879
Station/Area Information
Station:
24
Date collected:
25/03/1873
Area:
St Thomas, Off Culebra Island, West Indies
Water body:
Western Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
31
Depth (Fathoms):
390 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
18.64
Decimal Longitude:
-65.09
Surface Temperature:
76°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Pteropod ooze
