Mendicula ferruginosa ( Forbes, 1844 )

Rodrigues, Clara F., Oliver, Graham & Cunha, Marina R., 2008, Thyasiroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 1752, pp. 41-56 : 50

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scientific name	Mendicula ferruginosa ( Forbes, 1844 )
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Mendicula ferruginosa ( Forbes, 1844)

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Material examined. Nine live-collected specimens, TTR15, stn AT575B, Mercator mud volcano, Gulf of Cadiz, 35º 17.903N, 06º 38.715W, 355 m, 26 July 2005 ( DBUA 000834.01).

Remarks. The heavily encrusted ferruginous deposit and subovate outline are characteristic of this ubiquitous species. It has been recorded from many parts of the Atlantic and Mediterranean in depths from 50 to 4825 m and has not been associated with any specific reducing environment ( Payne & Allen 1991). Dufour (2005) classified this as having Type 2 gills with a single demibranch and showing no evidence of bacterial symbiosis.

References

Dufour, S. (2005) Gill anatomy and the evolution of symbiosis in the bivalve family Thyasiridae. Biological Bulletin, 208, 200 - 212.

Forbes, E. (1844) Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1843), 130 - 193.

Payne, C. M. & Allen, J. A. (1991) The morphology of deep-sea Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Atlantic Ocean. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 334, 481 - 562.