Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.2257
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Scientific name:
Cylichna ovata
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
30 June 1873 - 30 June 1873
Form:
Dry
Station:
73
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Cephalaspidea
Family:
Cylichnidae
Genus:
Cylichna
Species:
Cylichna ovata Jeffreys, 1870
Station/Area Information
Station:
73
Date collected:
30/06/1873
Area:
West of the Azores, Portugal
Water body:
Northeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
27
Depth (Fathoms):
1000 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
38.50
Decimal Longitude:
-31.23
Surface Temperature:
69°F
Bottom Temperature:
39.4°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Pteropod ooze
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
