Thyasira
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Ordo: Pholadomyoida
Familia: Thyasiridae
Name
Thyasira sp. (NHM_180) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
NHM_051 NHMUK 20170038, collected 2013-10-09, 13.8372 -116.55843, 4336 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49b2f599-bda4-4177-932f-59effe8a3320
NHM_180 NHMUK 20170039, collected 2013-10-13, 13.93482 -116.55018, 4082 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b84e470d-73bc-413b-88f9-3d702509a37a
Description
Minute, thin-shelled, translucent, anteriorly extended, longer than high, umbones posterior of mid-line, posteriorly angulate, antero-dorsal margin long, evenly curved, shell surface smooth. Gill with single demibranch of about 10 widely spaced filaments, ventral edge of the gill does not cover the body pouches. Foot relatively large with distal bulb (Fig. 3). NHM_180 length 1.1 mm.
Genetic data
GenBank NHM_051 18S-MF157468, COI-MF157501; NHM_180 18S-MF157478.
Remarks
Forms a monophyletic clade with four other thyasirid species (Fig. 5) and distinct from all other AB01 specimens. No genetic matches on GenBank. Morphologically the species is similar in shape to abyssal thyasirid species (Thyasira inflata, T. transversa) from the south Atlantic described and placed in Thyasira (Mendicula) by Payne & Allen (1991) but not similar to the type species of Mendicula (Lucina) induta Hedley, 1907 = M. memorata Iredale, 1924) or the widespread Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844). No similarly shaped species has been recorded from the abyssal eastern Pacific.
Ecology
Found in polymetallic nodule province.
Taxon Treatment
- Wiklund, H; Taylor, J; Dahlgren, T; Todt, C; Ikebe, C; Rabone, M; Glover, A; 2017: Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Mollusca ZooKeys, (707): 1-46. doi
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