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Bathymodiolus

Saether, Kristian P.;Little, Crispin T. S.;Campbell, Kathleen A.;Marshall, Bruce A.;Collins, Mike;Alfaro, Andrea C.

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Bathymodiolus

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Bathymodiolus is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts.

Species

シンカイヒバリガイ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderMytilida
  5. FamilyMytilidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,347
With media
2
Family
Mytilidae
Collections
UWBM, SIO
Recorded in
United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mytilidae
Image
Bathymodiolus childressi.jpg
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Category:Bathymodiolus
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Bathymodiolus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Bathymodiolus is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts.

==Species== left|thumb|Bathymodiolus thermophilus Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus Bathymodiolus include: Bathymodiolus childressi Gustafson, Lutz, Turner & Vrijenhoek, 1998 Bathymodiolus japonicus Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 Bathymodiolus marisindicus Hashimoto, 2001 Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 Bathymodiolus septemdierum Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 Bathymodiolus tangaroa Von Cossel & Marshall, 2003 Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & Wilson, 1985 Bathymodiolus boomerang Cosel & Olu, 1998

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