Bathymodiolus tangaroa
Bathymodiolus tangaroa is a species of deep-sea mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
| Bathymodiolus tangaroa | |
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| The holotype of Bathymodiolus tangaroa, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Bathymodiolus |
| Species: | B. tangaroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel & Marshall, 2003 | |
Habitat
This species was first described from northern New Zealand, from seeps off Cape Turnagain and Cape Kidnappers at a depth of 920 to 1,205 metres (3,018 to 3,953 ft).[1]
Description
The shell of this species is large, up to 200 millimetres (7.9 in) long, showing external dull white growth lines. Its anterior margin is narrow but evenly rounded. Its posterior margin is convex dorsally, its posterior angulation well-defined, situated above the posterior adductor scar. Its periostracum is thick, hard and a dark brown colour. Its anterior adductor scar is short, and its pallial line curves parallel to its ventral margin.[1]
References
- VON COSEL, Rudo, and Bruce A. Marshall. "Two new species of large mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from active submarine volcanoes and a cold seep off the eastern North Island of New Zealand, with description of a new genus."The Nautilus 117.2 (2003): 31-46.
Further reading
- Jones, W. J., et al. "Evolution of habitat use by deep-sea mussels." Marine Biology 148.4 (2006): 841-851.
- Jones, W. Jo, and Robert C. Vrijenhoek. "Evolutionary relationships within the Bathymodiolus childressi group." Cahiers de biologie marine 47.4 (2006): 403.
- von Cosel, Runo, and Ronald Janssen. "Bathymodioline mussels of the Bathymodiolus (sl) childressi clade from methane seeps near Edison Seamount, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)." Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 137.2 (2008): 195-224.
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