Mollusc
NHMUK-1887.2.9.884-885
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Scientific name:
Voluta Volutilithes abyssicola
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
17 December 1873 - 17 December 1873
Form:
Dry
Station:
141
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Volutidae
Genus:
Voluta
Subgenus:
Voluta Volutilithes
Species:
Voluta Volutilithes abyssicola Adams and Reeve, 1848
Station/Area Information
Station:
141
Date collected:
17/12/1873
Area:
South of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Water body:
Southeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
47
Depth (Fathoms):
98 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-34.68
Decimal Longitude:
18.60
Surface Temperature:
66.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
49.5°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Green sand
Temperature at 10 fathoms:
66.2°F
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
65.3°F
Temperature at 30 fathoms:
63.9°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
59.8°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
54.9°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
52.8°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
51.4°F
Temperature at 80 fathoms:
50.3°F
Temperature at 90 fathoms:
49.6°F
