''Bathymodiolus'' is a

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of deep-sea

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s in the family

Mytilidae Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 gen ...

. Many of them contain intracelluar

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ic bacterial symbionts.

Species

Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' include: * '' Bathymodiolus childressi'' Gustafson, Lutz, Turner & Vrijenhoek, 1998 * ''

Bathymodiolus japonicus ''Bathymodiolus'' is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracelluar chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts. Species Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' in ...

'' Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 * ''

Bathymodiolus marisindicus ''Bathymodiolus marisindicus'' is a species of deepwater hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. This species is found in the Indian Ocean. Description In this species of ''Bathymodiolus'' ...

'' Hashimoto, 2001 * ''

Bathymodiolus platifrons ''Bathymodiolus platifrons'', described by Hashimoto and Okutani in 1994, is a deep-sea mussel that is common in hydrothermal vents and methane seeps in the Western Pacific Ocean. Symbiosis ''Bathymodiolus platifrons'' harbours methane-oxidizing ...

'' Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 * ''

Bathymodiolus septemdierum ''Bathymodiolus'' is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracelluar chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts. Species Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' in ...

'' Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 * ''

Bathymodiolus tangaroa ''Gigantidas tangaroa'' is a species of deep-sea mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2003). Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' Von Cossel & Marshall, 2003 * ''

Bathymodiolus thermophilus ''Bathymodiolus thermophilus'' is a species of large, deep water mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels. The species was discovered at abyssal depths when submersible vehicles such as DSV Alvin began expl ...

'' Kenk & Wilson, 1985 There also are several

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species, which are usually only tentatively assigned to

hydrothermal vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspot ...

and hydrocarbon seep-inhabiting mussel genera due to their conservative shell morphology and ongoing taxonomic revision of this group.Saether, K.P., Little, C.T.S., Campbell, K.A., Marshall, B.A., Collins, M. & Alfaro, A.C. 2010. New fossil mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, North Island, New Zealand, with general remarks on vent and seep mussels. Zootaxa, 2577: 1-45. They include: * ''

Bathymodiolus (sensu lato) heretaunga ''Bathymodiolus'' is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts. Species Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' i ...

'' Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010 * ''

Bathymodiolus (sensu lato) inouei ''Bathymodiolus'' is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts. Species Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' ...

'' Amano & Jenkins, 2011 * ''

Bathymodiolus palmarensis ''Bathymodiolus'' is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracelluar chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts. Species Modern (non-fossil) species within the genus ''Bathymodiolus'' in ...

'' Kiel, Campbell & Gaillard, 2010 Bathymodiolus thermophilus

References

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