Sea snail
NHMUK-1887.2.9.666-670
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Scientific name:
Nassa Tritia ephamilla
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
10 July 1874 - 10 July 1874
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Lectotype & Paralectotype Syntype
Station:
169
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Nassariidae
Genus:
Nassa
Subgenus:
Nassa Tritia
Species:
Nassa Tritia ephamilla Watson, 1882
Station/Area Information
Station:
169
Date collected:
10/07/1874
Area:
N.E. from New Zealand
Water body:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
FAO:
81
Depth (Fathoms):
700 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-37.57
Decimal Longitude:
179.37
Surface Temperature:
58.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
40°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02777
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
55.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
50°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
46.7°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
44.8°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
43°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
41.5°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
40°F
