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 m...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5662448 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B43A87A0BF5BFA446689FD4FFD65FB88 |
| 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 |
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