MarBEF Data System

Deep-Sea taxon details

Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

AphiaID

183000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183000)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Bathymodiolus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985
Bathymodiolus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

Parent

Bathymodiolus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

Orig. name

Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

Environment

marine

Original description

Kenk V.C. & Wilson B.R. (1985). A new mussel (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from hydrothermal vents, in the Galapagos Rift zone. Malacologia. 26(1-2): 253-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13135079
page(s): 255 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean

type locality contained in Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183000 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183000 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-10-10 16:37:26Z

created

db_admin

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2012-06-22 14:07:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description Kenk V.C. & Wilson B.R. (1985). A new mussel (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from hydrothermal vents, in the Galapagos Rift zone. Malacologia. 26(1-2): 253-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13135079
page(s): 255 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]