First documented record of a living solemyid bivalve in a pockmark of the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

A living specimen of a solemyid bivalve was collected at bathyal depths near a pockmark in the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean) and is here presented. Both taxonomic and molecular results suggest a Solemya species but due to the small size of the animal and the lack of molecular data for ot...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, Clara F. (author)
Other Authors: Duperron, Sébastien (author), Gaudron, Sylvie M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6588
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6588