Tusk shell
NHMUK-1887.2.9.66
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Siphodentalium tetraschistum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
1 September 1873 - 1 September 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
113A
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Gadilida
Family:
Gadilidae
Genus:
Siphodentalium
Species:
Siphodentalium tetraschistum Watson, 1879
Station/Area Information
Station:
113A
Date collected:
01/09/1873
Area:
Anchorage off Fernando Noronha, Brazil
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
25 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-3.78
Decimal Longitude:
-32.41
Surface Temperature:
78°F
Sediment sample:
Hard ground
