Nucinella owenensis
Nucinella owenensis is a species of small, monomyarian, nuculoid bivalve.[1][2]
| Nucinella owenensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Solemyida |
| Family: | Nucinellidae |
| Genus: | Nucinella |
| Species: | N. owenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nucinella owenensis Oliver & Taylor, 2011 | |
It was first found at a depth of 3,400 metres (11,200 ft) in the Arabian Sea. It is suspected of benefiting from chemosymbiosis with sulphur-oxidizing bacteria.[2]
References
- Arcie Lee McAlester (1968). Type Species of Paleozoic Nuculoid Bivalve Genera. Geological Society of America. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-8137-1105-8.
- Oliver, P. G.; Taylor, J. D. (2012). "Bacterial symbiosis in the Nucinellidae (Bivalvia: Solemyida) with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78 (1): 81–91. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr045. ISSN 0260-1230.
Further reading
- VOKES, HAROLD E. "A new species of the bivalve genus Nucinella from the Eocene of Louisiana." Tulane Studies of Geology and Paleontology 5 (1966): 38-40.
- Allen, J. A. "Evolution of the deep sea protobranch bivalves." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284.1001 (1978): 387-401.
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