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Sea snail (Pleurotoma (Thesbia) papyracea)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.1052

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

30 December 1873

Area or Water body

West of Crozet Island
Antarctic Indian Ocean

Form

FAO

58

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 34.2
Depth (Fathoms): 1600
Sediment sample: Diatom ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02759
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02692
Surface Temperature (°F): 41
Temperature at x fathoms: 40;37.4;37.1;36.4;36.2;36;35.8

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Pleurotoma (Thesbia) papyracea
Pleurotoma Thesbia
Pleurotoma
Turridae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

147

Gear

Trawl

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