Bivalve
NHMUK-1887.2.9.3006a
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Scientific name:
Malletia pallida
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
23 October 1873 - 23 October 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Holotype
;Syntype
Station:
137
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Nuculanoida
Family:
Malletiidae
Genus:
Malletia Desmoulins, 1832
Species:
Malletia pallida Smith, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
137
Date collected:
23/10/1873
Area:
Cape Basin, South Africa
Water body:
Southeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
47
Depth (Fathoms):
2550 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-35.98
Decimal Longitude:
1.57
Surface Temperature:
56.1°F
Bottom Temperature:
34.5°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02793
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02681
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
56°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
55.6°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
54.3°F
Temperature at 180 fathoms:
54.3°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
51.8°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
47.9°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
44.6°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
40.4°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.7°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
37°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
36.8°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
36.5°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
36.4°F
