Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.358-359
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Scientific name:
Basilissa oxytropis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
3 April 1876 - 3 April 1876
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
344
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Seguenziidae
Genus:
Basilissa
Species:
Basilissa oxytropis Watson 1879
Station/Area Information
Station:
344
Date collected:
03/04/1876
Area:
Off Ascension Island
Water body:
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
34
Depth (Fathoms):
420 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-7.91
Decimal Longitude:
-14.47
Surface Temperature:
82°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Volcanic sand
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0232
