Thyasira obsoleta ( Verrill & Bush, 1898 )

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 : 49

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scientific name	Thyasira obsoleta ( Verrill & Bush, 1898 )
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Thyasira obsoleta ( Verrill & Bush, 1898)

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Material examined. All from Gulf of Cadiz; two live-collected specimens, MSM01-03, stn 145 GKG 3, Porto mud volcano, 35 º 33.699 'N, 09º 30.437 'W, 3860 m, 21 April 2006 ( DBUA 00831.01); one live-collected specimen MSM01-03, stn 190 MUC 8, Captain Arutyunov mud volcano, 35 º 39.665 'N, 07º 19.970 'W, 1322 m, 28 April 2006 ( DBUA 00831.02); one live-collected specimen, MSM01-03, stn 241 GKG 12, Mercator mud volcano, 35 º 17.918 'N, 06º 38.717 'W, 353 m, 6 May 2006 ( DBUA 00831.03); one live-collected specimen MSM01-03, stn 169 MUC 7, Carlos Ribeiro mud volcano, 35 º 47.256 'N, 08º 25.361 'W, 2199 m, 25 April 2006 ( DBUA 00831.04).

Remarks. All specimens are very small (not exceeding 2.0 mm) but exhibit the characteristically weakly sulcate posterior and angular outline. This is a common and widespread species recorded from across the Atlantic Ocean in depths from 24 to 2900 m ( Payne & Allen 1991). It has not been associated with any particular reducing environment. Dufour (2005) classified this as having Type 2 gills with both demibranchs but 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.

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.

Verrill, A. E. & Bush K. J. (1898) Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20, 775 - 901.