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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Gigantidas (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tangaroa Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tuerkayi Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008
=Gigantidas tangaroa tangaroa (Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003)
=Gigantidas tangaroa tuerkayi (Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008)
Images: Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003)
Holotype, collected 26 May 2001, S side of Madden Canyon, off Cape Turnagain, NZ (M.158284). ~190mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Mar 2007, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.274885). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Mar 2007, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.274885). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Gigantidas (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tangaroa Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tuerkayi Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008
=Gigantidas tangaroa tangaroa (Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003)
=Gigantidas tangaroa tuerkayi (Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008)
Details: Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & B.A. Marshall, 2003)
Size/Grows to:
Length 200mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island, from active submarine volcanoes. Off Cape Turnagain, from 819-920m
Type Data:
  • 920-1200 metres, S side Madden Basin, off Cape Turnagain, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Thubaut, J., Puillandre, N., Faure, B., Cruaud, C., Samadi, S. 2013 The contrasted evolutionary fates of deep-sea chemosynthetic mussels (Bivalvia, Bathymodiolinae), Ecology and Evolution, 3 (p.4755)
  • von Cosel, R., Marshall, B.A. 2003 Two new species of large mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from active submarine volcanoes and a cold seep off the eastern North Island of New Zealand, with description of a new genus, The Nautilus, 117(2) (p.31) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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