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Thyasira scotiae Oliver & Drewery, 2013

Bivalvia : Thyasiroidea : Thyasiridae
Oliver, P. G. & Drewery, J. 2013
Type Status: Paratype
Collection: D. McKay
Accession No.: NMW.Z.2012.074.00005
Preparations: dry & wet
No. of Specimens: 1 sh + 3 bodies
Locality: Hatton-Rockall Basin, NW Scotland, Station S12283a, N.E. Atlantic, 1187–1200 m, 57857’N, 15833’W, FRV ‘Scotia’, cruise 0712S
Collecting Details: FRV ‘Scotia’, cruise 0712S, 23/06/2012, J. Drewery, (ex.Coll.) D. McKay

References


Reference
Citation
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Oliver, P. G. & Drewery, J. 2013. New species of chemosymbiotic clams (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae and Thyasiridae) from a putative ‘seep’ in the Hatton–Rockall Basin, north-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. doi:10.1017/S0025315413001136; 1-15; figs 1-12. [8; fig. 8F, 9 & 10A] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label & Oliver & Drewery, 2013: Hatton-Rockall Basin, NW Scotland. FRV ‘Scotia’, cruise 0712S, Station S12283a, 57857N 15833′W, 1187–1200 m, 23 June 2012.
Point Locality: Hatton-Rockall Basin,
Country: NW Scotland,
Station: Station S12283a
Grid ref./Coordinates: 57857’N, 15833’W
Region:
Sea Region: N.E. Atlantic.
Altitude:
Depth: 1187–1200 m
Expedition: FRV ‘Scotia’, cruise 0712S
Ex. Collection: D. McKay
Collecting date: 23/06/2012
Collected by: J. Drewery

Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Veneroida Thyasiroidea Thyasiridae

Remarks

Holotype:-
NMW.Z.2012.074.00004 1 spec. (shell and body)

Paratype:-
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh - 1 shell
David McKay private coll. - 1 shell

The bodies in spirit were the basis for the anatomy in fig. 9.

Record last modified - 27/06/2018