Bivalve
NHMUK-1887.2.9.3347
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Scientific name:
Leda prolata
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
21 July 1875 - 21 July 1875
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
256
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Nuculanoida
Family:
Nuculanidae
Genus:
Leda Schumacher, 1817
Species:
Leda prolata Smith, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
256
Date collected:
21/07/1875
Area:
North of Hawaiian Islands
Water body:
Eastern Central Pacific Ocean
FAO:
77
Depth (Fathoms):
2950 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
30.33
Decimal Longitude:
-154.93
Surface Temperature:
74°F
Bottom Temperature:
35.2°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02771
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02434
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
70°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
65°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
60°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
55.6°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
53.2°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
51.2°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
49.5°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
48°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
46.5°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
45.2°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
43.8°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
42.8°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
39.7°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.2°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
37.3°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
36.7°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
36.3°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
36.1°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
35.9°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
35.8°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
35.7°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
35.5°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
35.4°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
35.3°F
