Quick Search
To Advanced Search
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Gigantidas (Genus)
> gladius (Species)
Images: Gigantidas gladius B.A. Marshall, 2003
Dredged in 300 metres, Rumble III Seamount, Kermadec Islands. 51mm
Collected 1 Nov 2000, Kermadec Ridge, Rumble III seamount, NZ (M.281975). © 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)
> gladius (Species)
Details: Gigantidas gladius B.A. Marshall, 2003
Size/Grows to:
Length 316mm, Height 54mm
Distribution:
Submarine volcanoes, Southern Kermadec Ridge, 216-755 metres
Geographical Range:
KE.
Notes:
Giant Vent Mussel, Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.38) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
Recently Viewed