Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

Bivalva

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: South Pacific Ocean in Galapagos Islands

References

  • 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.