Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bathymodiolus thermophilus
Bivalva
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Mytilida
Family
Mytilidae
Genus
Bathymodiolus
Species
thermophilus
Taxon category: Accepted
A new mussel (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from hydrothermal vents, in the Galapagos Rift zone (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: South Pacific Ocean in Galapagos Islands
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bathymodiolus thermophilus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19276. Accessed 1 May 2025.