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Bathymodiolus mauritanicus Cosel, 2002

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

MNHN-IM-2000-26999

Taxonomy

Mollusca
Bivalvia
Mytilidae
Bathymodiolus mauritanicus Cosel, 2002

Origin

Banc d'Arquin
1200
Mauritania, off Banc d'Arquin, 18°41'N, 16°45'W, 1200 m

Determination

HOLOTYPE
, . - A new species of bathymodioline mussel (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from Mauritania (west Africa), with comments on the genus Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985. Zoosystema 24(2): 259-271
 
Citation: p. 261-271 fig. 1, 2, 4 (d.o.)