Acesta bullisi

Author
H.E. Vokes, 1963

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Min Depth
528 meters
Max Depth
1097 meters
Overall Geographic Range
off Mississippi
Habitat-Biology
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico
  • epibiotic
  • hydrocarbon seep
  • hydrothermal vent
References

  • Abbott, R. T. 1974. American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America, 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, New York. 663 pp.

  • Cordes, E. E. 2004. The ecology of seep communities in the Gulf of Mexico: biodiversity and role of Lamellibrachia luymesi. Ph.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University. 203 pp.

  • Kohl, B., and H. E. Vokes. 1994. On the living habits of Acesta bullisi (Vokes) in chemosynthetic bottom communities, Gulf of Mexico. The Nautilus 108: 9–14.

  • Shelton, D. N. 1997. A systematic list of mollusks in the Northern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama. URL: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~dwills/marine/alamarsp.html.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 32806 – Green Canyon 272 at petroleum seep, Continental slope, Gulf of Mexico, in 686 m.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.

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