Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Mytilida
Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Subfamilia: Modiolinae
Genus: Vulcanidas
Species: Vulcanidas insolatus

Name

  • Vulcanidas insolatus von Cosel & Marshall, 2010
    • Original status: valid species [source: von Cosel & Marshall (2010: 65)]
    • Primary type: holotype (designated) (NMNZ M.296656) [source: von Cosel & Marshall (2010: 66)]
    • Type locality: 'Kermadec Ridge, Macauley Cone, summit crater, 30°12.86'S, 178°27.01'W, 140–200 m' [source: von Cosel & Marshall (2010: 66)]
    • Secondary types: 12 paratypes (designated) (MNHN, NIWA, NMNZ) [source: von Cosel & Marshall (2010: 66)]

References

cited sources

  • Cosel, R. von; Marshall, B.A. 2010: A new genus and species of large mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Kermadec Ridge. Tuhinga: records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 21: 59–73. ISSN: 1173-4337

Additional references

  • Saether, K.P. et al. 2010: New fossil mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, North Island, New Zealand, with general remarks on vent and seep mussels. Zootaxa, 2577: 1–45. Preview PDF
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