Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.1006
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Pleurotoma Thesbia dyscrita
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
15 March 1873 - 15 March 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
23
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Turridae
Genus:
Pleurotoma
Subgenus:
Pleurotoma Thesbia
Species:
Pleurotoma Thesbia dyscrita Watson, 1881
Station/Area Information
Station:
23
Date collected:
15/03/1873
Area:
S of Sombrero Island (Lesser Antilles)
Water body:
Western Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
31
Depth (Fathoms):
450 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
18.40
Decimal Longitude:
-63.47
Surface Temperature:
76°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Pteropod ooze
