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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Bathymodiolinae

Bathymodiolus brooksi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998


Range: 26.355°N to 26.03°N; 94.5°W to 84.9°W
Depth: 2220 to 3314 m (live 2220 to 3313 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 171  mm

Details


Bathymodiolus brooksi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998, p. 78-84, 69, figs. 11 top, 12 top, 13 top left, 14 A-F, 15
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Alvin dive 2211, hydrocarbon seep in Alamiņos Canyon, western Gulf of Mexico, 26°21.3'N, 94°29.7'W, 2222 m
Range: 26.355°N to 26.03°N; 94.5°W to 84.9°W
Depth: 2220 to 3314 m (live 2220 to 3313 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 171 mm
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico
References: Gustafson et al. (1998) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Gustafson, R. G., R. D. Turner, R. A. Lutz and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. A new genus and five new species of mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from deep-sea sulfide/hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico Malacologia 40 63-112.

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