Gigantidas coseli

Gigantidas coseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Mytiloida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Gigantidas
Species: G. coseli
Binomial name
Gigantidas coseli
Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010

Gigantidas coseli is a species of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. This species is endemic to the waters of the Bonin Islands of Japan.

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