Mollusca Bivalvia Venerida
Vesicomyidae Calyptogena pacifica
Genus Species

BI-2019-003, #RVC

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RVC-1868, A3486-C30. SIO Box 24, MBARI_0054, position A/5. USNM biorepository number: AK0WE16. USNM catalog number: none. Original identification: Calyptogena pacifica. Frozen. Sample type: Tissue & Parts; Other (see Verbatim); adductor. RVC-1869, A3486-C30. SIO Box 24, MBARI_0054, position A/6. USNM biorepository number: AK0WE17. USNM catalog number: none. Original identification: Calyptogena pacifica. Frozen. Sample type: Tissue & Parts; Gill. RVC-1870, A3486-C30. SIO Box 24, MBARI_0054, position A/7. USNM biorepository number: AK0WE18. USNM catalog number: none. Original identification: Calyptogena pacifica. Frozen. Sample type: Tissue & Parts; Mixed tissue sample.

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A3486

San Clemente Seep, off southern California

32.2333° N
117.733° W

1825.0 m

Oct. 18, 1999

HOV Alvin

R/V Atlantis

Craig Smith | Marta Torres

Robert C. Vrijenhoek

frozen

frozen

Data from WHOI log. Chief Scientist: Craig Smith. Cruise AT03-42. San Clemente seep coordinates (32 12' N, 117 44' W) = (32.200, -117.733) are cited in Bernardino & Smith, 2010 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00389.x). Note this site is in Mexican EEZ.