Mollusc
NHMUK-1889.11.14.22-23
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Scientific name:
Limacina inflata
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
19 March 1876 - 19 March 1876
Form:
Fluid
Station:
337
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Thecosomata
Family:
Limacinidae
Genus:
Limacina
Species:
Limacina inflata d'Orbigny
Synonyms:
Heliconoides inflatus
Station/Area Information
Station:
337
Date collected:
19/03/1876
Area:
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Water body:
Eastern Central Pacific Ocean
FAO:
34
Decimal Latitude:
-24.63
Decimal Longitude:
-13.60
Surface Temperature:
77°F
Bottom Temperature:
37.2°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Pteropod ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02842
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02453
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
72°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
68.2°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
65.1°F
Temperature at 90 fathoms:
63°F
Temperature at 120 fathoms:
61°F
Temperature at 140 fathoms:
59°F
Temperature at 170 fathoms:
57°F
Temperature at 190 fathoms:
55°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
53.1°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
51.2°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
49.5°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
48°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
42°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
39.3°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.7°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.1°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.9°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.7°F
