Benthomodiolus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Mytilida Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Genus: Benthomodiolus
Species: B. abyssicola – B. erebus – B. geikotsucola – B. lignocola

Name

Benthomodiolus Dell, 1987

ZooBank: 97D8E303-3409-4806-AAC0-A5B9BF68AD6E

Type species: Benthomodiolus lignocola Dell, 1987 (type by original designation)

References

• Dell, R.K. 1987. Mollusca of the family Mytilidae (Bivalvia) associated with organic remains from deep water off New Zealand, with revisions of the genera Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 and Idasola Iredale, 1915. National Museum of New Zealand records. 3(3): 17-36. Reference page.  [see page 31, original description]

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• Oliver, P.G. 2015. Description and morphology of the “Juan de Fuca vent mussel”, Benthomodiolus erebus sp. n. (Bivalvia, Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae): “Phylogenetically basal but morphologically advanced”. Zoosystematics and evolution. 91(2): 151-165. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5417 Reference page. 

Links

• MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Benthomodiolus Dell, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456375 on 2020-07-05

• BHL bibliography
• Benthomodiolus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Benthomodiolus.
• ION

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