Vesicomya cordata

Author
Boss, 1968

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Min Depth
550 meters
Max Depth
700 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Gulf of Mexico offshore banks
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • deep sea
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico
  • 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.

  • Kojima, S., K. Fujikura, and T. Okutani. 2004. Multiple trans-Pacific migrations of deep-sea vent/seep-endemic bivalves in the family Vesicomyidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 396–406.

  • Nix, E. R., C. R. Fisher, J. Vodenichar, and K. M. Scott. 1995. Physiological ecology of a mussel with methanotrophic endosymbionts at three hydrocarbon seep sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 122: 605–617.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 32807 – at Green Canyon 272 at petroleum seep, Continental Slope, Louisiana, 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, 05-08-2024.

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