Sea snail
NMS-Z.1972.50
Holding institution:
Donor:
The Evans Trust, Edinburgh. Purchased
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Scientific name:
Pythia scarabaeus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
3 March 1875 - 10 March 1875
Form:
Dry
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Dr Alex Crosbie
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Pulmonata
Family:
Ellobiidae
Genus:
Pythia
Species:
Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Polydonta scarabaeus
Station/Area Information
Date collected:
3 March 1875 - 10 March 1875
Area:
Admiralty Islands
Water body:
Western Central Pacific Ocean
Notes:
Three specimens in a collection comprising about 200 species of marine and non-marine Mollusca. Collected by Dr Alexander Crosbie, staff-surgeon aboard HMS "Challenger", during her circumglobal expedition of 1872-76. The shells were kept by Crosbie for his private collection and were not included in the Reports on the Scientific Results of the Voyage. About half the specimens are localized and some are still accompanied by the original label in Crosbie's handwriting (blue labels).
