Bathymodiolinae ...

Subfamily Bathymodiolinae Kenk and Wilson, 1985 Discussion. Vent and seep mussels of the genera Bathymodiolus, Gigantidas and Tamu traditionally have been referred to a subfamily Bathymodiolinae Kenk and Wilson, 1985 (e.g. Cosel and Janssen 2008), although as indicated by Samadi et al. (2007), on mo...

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Main Authors: Saether, Kristian P., Little, Crispin T. S., Campbell, Kathleen A., Marshall, Bruce A., Collins, Mike, Alfaro, Andrea C.
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Published: Zenodo 2010
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5662447
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5662447
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Summary:Subfamily Bathymodiolinae Kenk and Wilson, 1985 Discussion. Vent and seep mussels of the genera Bathymodiolus, Gigantidas and Tamu traditionally have been referred to a subfamily Bathymodiolinae Kenk and Wilson, 1985 (e.g. Cosel and Janssen 2008), although as indicated by Samadi et al. (2007), on molecular evidence the group is “robustly rooted within a monophyletic group that includes the species Modiolus modiolus...”, i.e. subfamily Modiolinae Keen, 1958. Thus, Bathymodiolinae would appear to be a grade of Modiolinae comprising several clades, each probably independently derived from small wood-associated ancestors (Distel 2000; Fujita et al. 2009). Re-evaluation of the higher classification of mytilids is not our intention, and we consider it appropriate and convenient to refer to these mussels as bathymodiolines. ... : Published as part of Saether, Kristian P., Little, Crispin T. S., Campbell, Kathleen A., Marshall, Bruce A., Collins, Mike & Alfaro, Andrea C., 2010, New fossil mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, North Island, New Zealand, with general remarks on vent and seep mussels, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 2577 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197498 ...