Bathymodiolus tangaroa

Bathymodiolus tangaroa
The holotype of Bathymodiolus tangaroa, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Mytiloida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Bathymodiolus
Species: Bathymodiolus tangaroa
Cosel & Marshall, 2003

Bathymodiolus tangaroa is a species of deep-sea mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

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

  1. 1 2 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.

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