Species of bivalve
Nucinella owenensis is a species of small, monomyarian, nuculoid bivalve.[1][2]
It was first found at a depth of 3,400 metres (11,200 ft) in the Arabian Sea. It is suspected of benefiting from chemosymbiosis with sulphur-oxidizing bacteria.[2]
References
Further reading
- VOKES, HAROLD E. "A new species of the bivalve genus Nucinella from the Eocene of Louisiana." Tulane Studies of Geology and Paleontology 5 (1966): 38-40.
- Allen, J. A. "Evolution of the deep sea protobranch bivalves." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284.1001 (1978): 387-401.
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