Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.1034
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Pleurotoma Drillia brachytona
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
23 September 1874 - 23 September 1874
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
191
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Turridae
Genus:
Pleurotoma
Subgenus:
Pleurotoma Drillia
Species:
Pleurotoma Drillia brachytona Watson, 1881
Station/Area Information
Station:
191
Date collected:
23/09/1874
Area:
Off Aru Island, Indonesia
Water body:
Arafura Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
800 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-5.68
Decimal Longitude:
134.08
Surface Temperature:
82.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
39.5°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02158
