Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.466-469
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Scientific name:
Janthina exigua
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
26 June 1873 - 26 June 1873
Form:
Dry
Station:
70
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Caenogastropoda
Family:
Janthinidae
Genus:
Janthina Röding, 1798
Species:
Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms:
Ianthina exigua
Station/Area Information
Station:
70
Date collected:
26/06/1873
Area:
West of Azores, Portugal
Water body:
Northeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
27
Depth (Fathoms):
1675 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
38.42
Decimal Longitude:
-35.83
Surface Temperature:
70°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02568
