Gigantidas horikoshi


Gigantidas horikoshi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
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.

Description

Shell size 160-170 mm.

Distribution

694 m. depth: Sumisu Caldera hydrothermal vent field

(31°28.2113'N, 140°4.2833'E), Izu Islands arc, Japan.

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