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1887.2.9.8

Classification
Scientific name: Dentalium aegeum R. B. Watson, 1879
Author: R. B. Watson, 1879
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Dentalium
Species: aegeum
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Scaphopoda; Dentaliida; Dentaliidae
Location
Locality: Kerguelen Island; Off London River
State province: Kerguelen
Country: French Southern Territories
Continent: Antarctica
Island group: Kerguelen Islands
Higher geography: Antarctica; French Southern Territories; Kerguelen
Decimal latitude: -48.8333
Decimal longitude: 69.3000
Verbatim latitude: 48 50 00 S
Verbatim longitude: 069 18 00 E
Minimum depth(m): 201
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Collection date: 29 / 1 / 1874
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Dentalium aegeum R. B. Watson, 1879 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1887.2.9.8
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499260
Registration code: MO
Kind of object: Shell only
Kind of collection: Dry
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 011505084
Record
Occurrence ID: fcc41f7a-3326-4eb5-86f9-952dae11524c
Modified: 2022-08-23T15:57:45+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T18:31:22+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T18:31:22+00:00
Last updated 2022-08-23T15:57:45+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