Gigantidas horikoshi explained


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.

References

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