Bathymodiolus elongatus, giant vent mussel
Specimen of the giant vent mussel (Bathymodiolus elongatus). Thes huge mollusc are know only the north Fiji basin where they live in hydrothermal vents at a depth of 2800m.
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Keywords: animal, bathymodiolus, bivalve, bivalvia, brown, deep, elongatus, fiji, giant, hydrothermal, invertebrata, invertebrate, islands, lamellibranch, lamellibranchia, melanesia, mollusc, mollusca, mollusk, mussel, mytilidae, mytiloida, ocean, pacific, sea, shiny, shot, studio, studioshot, vent
