Accession No
1935.235.8
Description
One shell of the marine gastropod mollusc Babylonia japonica, the Japanese ivory snail.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Japan; Kanto; Kanto District
Period
Source
Seligman, Charles Gabriel (Professor) [donor]; Oyama, Kashiwa (Prince) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.235.8; 8 [Oyama list]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
63mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Note on the catalogue card for 1935.235.1-10: 'These are numbers on the list given me - but are not the numbers on the shells.' [The number on the shell does in fact match the number on the Oyama list for shells from the Kanto District. Lizzy Peneycad, 24/10/2023]
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
From the shell mounds in Kanto District. Excavated by Kashiwa Oyama, Ohyama Prehistoric Institute. See list in archive (BR3/1/1).
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.235.1-10: 'List of shells. 8. Laturunculus Japonicus Sowerby.'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One shell of the marine gastropod mollusc Babylonia japonica, the Japanese ivory snail.
Event Date 24/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Amendments / updates)
The accepted scientific name for Latrunculus japonicus is now Babylonia japonica. The description field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 24/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:305263
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