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Gigantidas
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Gigantidas is a genus
of large deepwater mussel
s, marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Mytilidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large deepwater mussel
Mussel
The common name mussel is used for members of several families of clams or bivalvia mollusca, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval.The...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mytilidae
Mytilidae
Mytilidae is a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. It is the only family in the order...
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Distribution
Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec RidgeKermadec Trench
The Kermadec trench is one of Earth's deepest oceanic trenches, reaching a depth of . Formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate, it runs over a thousand kilometres parallel with and to the east of the Kermadec Ridge and island arc, from near the northeastern tip...
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Species
Species within the genus Gigantidas include:- Gigantidas gladiusGigantidas gladiusGigantidas gladius is a species of large deepwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.-Distribution:These mussels are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand.-References:* * *...
Cosel & Marshall, 2003 - Gigantidas horikoshiGigantidas horikoshiGigantidas horikoshi is a species of large deepwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.-References:*...
Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005 - Gigantidas coseli Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010