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Sea snail (Pleurotoma (Surcula) dissimilis)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.2.9.981

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

10 February 1875

Area or Water body

Kepulauan Talaud Island, Indonesia
Western Central Pacific Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 41.8
Depth (Fathoms): 500
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02735
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02246
Surface Temperature (°F): 80.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 79.1;73;66;60;54.5;51.6;50;48.7;47.8;46.8;45.9;45.2;43;41.8

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Pleurotoma (Surcula) dissimilis
Pleurotoma Surcula
Pleurotoma
Turridae
Neogastropoda
Gastropoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

214

Gear

Dredge

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