Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Bathymodiolinae

Bathymodiolus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bathymodiolus azoricus Cosel & Comtet, 1999

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シンカイヒバリガイ属

Literature

original description	Kenk V.C. & Wilson B.R. (1985). A new mussel (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from hydrothermal vents, in the Galapagos Rift zone. Malacologia. 26(1-2): 253-271.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
additional source	Fujita, Y.; Matsumoto, H.; Fujiwara, Y.; Hashimoto, J.; Galkin, S. V.; Ueshima, R.; Miyazaki, J.-I. (2009). Phylogenetic Relationships of Deep-Sea Bathymodiolus Mussels to their Mytilid Relatives from Sunken Whale Carcasses and Wood. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 67 (3-4): 123-134.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathymodiolus Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138214