Benthomodiolus geikotsucola

Benthomodiolus geikotsucola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Mytilida Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Genus: Benthomodiolus
Species: Benthomodiolus geikotsucola

Name

Benthomodiolus geikotsucola Okutani & Miyazaki, 2007

Holotype: NSMT-Mo-76703, 1 shell.

Type locality: Summit of Torishima Seamount, 30°55’N 141°49’E, 4020m.

Paratype: NSMT Mo-76704j, 1 specimen, same data as holotype.

Etymology: from Japanese geikotsu (whale bone) and Latin -cola (attached to).

References

• Okutani, T.A., Miyazaki, J.-I 2007. Benthomodiolus geikotsucola n. sp.: A mussel colonizing deep-sea whale bones in the Northwest Pacific (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Venus. 66(1-2): 49-55. DOI: 10.18941/venus.66.1-2_49 Reference page. 

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• Oliver, P.G. 2015. Description and morphology of the “Juan de Fuca vent mussel”, Benthomodiolus erebus sp. n. (Bivalvia, Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae): “Phylogenetically basal but morphologically advanced”. Zoosystematics and evolution. 91(2): 151-165. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5417 Reference page. 

Links

• MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Benthomodiolus geikotsucola Okutani & Miyazaki, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457978 on 2020-07-05

• BHL bibliography
• Benthomodiolus geikotsucola – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Benthomodiolus geikotsucola.
• ION

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