Gigantidas horikoshi

Gigantidas horikoshi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Mytiloida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Gigantidas
Species: G. horikoshi
Binomial name
Gigantidas horikoshi
Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005

Gigantidas horikoshi is a species of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

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