Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.1050
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Scientific name:
Pleurotoma Thesbia brychia
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
26 August 1873 - 26 August 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
106
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Turridae
Genus:
Pleurotoma
Subgenus:
Pleurotoma Thesbia
Species:
Pleurotoma Thesbia brychia Watson, 1881
Station/Area Information
Station:
106
Date collected:
25/08/1873
Area:
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Water body:
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
34
Depth (Fathoms):
1850 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
1.78
Decimal Longitude:
-24.43
Surface Temperature:
78.8°F
Bottom Temperature:
36.6°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02332
Temperature at 10 fathoms:
78.6°F
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
78.4°F
Temperature at 30 fathoms:
78.2°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
76.2°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
62.4°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
59°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
58°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
55°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
45°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
40.7°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
40.5°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
40.3°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
40.2°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
40.1°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
40°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
39.6°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
39.2°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
38.8°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
38°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
37.6°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
37°F
