Vulcanidas insolatus von Cosel and Marshall 2010 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: R. von Cosel and B. A. Marshall. 2010. A new genus and species of large mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Kermadec Ridge. Tuhinga 21:59-73
Belongs to Vulcanidas according to R. von Cosel and B. A. Marshall 2010
Sister taxon: Vulcanidas goederti
Type specimen: NMNZ M.296656, a shell. Its type locality is Kermadec Ridge, Macauley Cone, summit crater, which is in a Holocene deep-water horizon in South Pacific.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Pacific (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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