Gigantidas

Gigantidas
Gigantidas tangaroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Gigantidas Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2003
Species
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Gigantidas is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.

Distribution and habitat[]

Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge. These mussels form dense beds at these sites.

Description[]

The shells of Gigantidas gladius are up to 30 cm long.

Species[]

Species within the genus Gigantidas include:

• Gigantidas coseli Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010
• Gigantidas gladius Cosel & Marshall, 2003
• Gigantidas horikoshi Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005
• Cosel & Gracia, 2018
• (Cosel, 2008)
• Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2003)

References[]

• Cosel R.von & Marshall B.A. 2003. 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): 31-46

External links[]

• hubaut, J., Puillandre, N., Faure, B., Cruaud, C. & Samadi, S. (2013). The contrasted evolutionary fates of deep-sea chemosynthetic mussels (Bivalvia, Bathymodiolinae). Ecology and Evolution

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