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1887.2.9.496

Classification
Scientific name: Scalaria tortilis R. B. Watson, 1883
Author: R. B. Watson, 1883
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: [unassigned] caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Scalaria
Species: tortilis
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; [unassigned] caenogastropoda; Epitonioidea; Epitoniidae
Location
Locality: West Indies; N. of Culebra Island, St Thomas
Decimal latitude: 18.6417
Decimal longitude: -65.0917
Verbatim latitude: 18 38 30 N
Verbatim longitude: 065 05 30 W
Minimum depth(m): 713
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Collection date: 25 / 3 / 1873
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Scalaria tortilis R. B. Watson, 1883 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1887.2.9.496
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499766
Registration code: MO
Kind of object: Shell only
Kind of collection: dry
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 011493898
Record
Occurrence ID: f1ff6f62-0d7a-4734-b9cd-3364dfc8f952
Modified: 2022-08-23T15:59:27+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T18:32:14+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T18:32:14+00:00
Last updated 2022-08-23T15:59:27+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb