Bathymodiolus
Genus of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bathymodiolus is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts.
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Bathymodiolus | |
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Bathymodiolus childressi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985[1] |
Species | |
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