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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Gigantidas (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel & Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tangaroa Cosel & Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tuerkayi Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008
=Gigantidas tangaroa tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003)
=Gigantidas tangaroa tuerkayi (Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008)
Images: Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003)
Holotype, collected 26 May 2001, S side of Madden Canyon, off Cape Turnagain, NZ (M.158284). ~190mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Mar 2007, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.274885). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Mar 2007, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.274885). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Gigantidas (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel & Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tangaroa Cosel & Marshall, 2003
=Bathymodiolus tangaroa tuerkayi Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008
=Gigantidas tangaroa tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003)
=Gigantidas tangaroa tuerkayi (Cosel & R. Janssen, 2008)
Details: Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003)
Size/Grows to:
Length 200mm
Distribution:
Off SE North Island, from active submarine volcanoes around 920-1205 metres. Off Cape Turnagain
Geographical Range:
C
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Thubaut, J., Puillandre, N., Faure, B., Cruaud, C., Samadi, S. 2013 The contrasted evolutionary fates of deep-sea chemosynthetic mussels (Bivalvia, Bathymodiolinae), Ecology and Evolution, 3 (p.4755)
  • von Cosel, R., Marshall, B.A. 2003 Two new species of large mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from active submarine volcanoes and a cold seep off the eastern North Island of New Zealand, with description of a new genus, The Nautilus, 117(2) (p.31) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil