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Species List for Genus: Gigantidas
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily) > Gigantidas (Genus)
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  • Genus: Gigantidas

  • Gigantidas gladius B.A. Marshall, 2003
    Length 316mm, Height 54mm
    Giant Vent Mussel, Marine, Endemic
    Submarine volcanoes, Southern Kermadec Ridge, 216-755 metres
    KE.
  • Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003)
    Length 200mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off SE North Island, from active submarine volcanoes around 920-1205 metres. Off Cape Turnagain
    CE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil