Bathymodiolus marisindicus | |
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dead Bathymodiolus marisindicus mussel shells and live gastropods Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” at base of active vent chimney at Longqi vent field | |
Conservation status
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Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Bathymodiolus |
Species: | B. marisindicus
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Binomial name | |
Bathymodiolus marisindicus Hashimoto, 2001[2]
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Bathymodiolus marisindicus is a species of deepwater hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. This species is found in the Indian Ocean.[2]