Bivalve
NH:1899.114.104
Holding institution:
Donor:
British Museum (Trustees of the)1899-08-08
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Scientific name:
Abra profundum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
30 June 1873 - 30 June 1873
Form:
Dry [also mummified tissue]
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
73
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Veneroida
Family:
Semelidae
Genus:
Abra Lamarck, 1818
Species:
Abra profundum (Smith, 1885)
Synonyms:
Semele profundorum
Station/Area Information
Station:
73
Date collected:
30/06/1873
Area:
Azores, Portugal (west of)
Water body:
Northeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
27
Depth (Fathoms):
1000 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
38.50
Decimal Longitude:
-31.23
Gear:
Dredge
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02883
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
59.8°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
57°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
54°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
49°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
45.5°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
43.4°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
42°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
41°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
40°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
39.4°F
Notes:
2 parts. Previous name: Semele profundorum Smith
