Gigantidas
Gigantidas | |
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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[]
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Categories:
- Gigantidas
- Bivalve genera
- Bivalve stubs