Bathymodiolus platifrons
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| Bathymodiolus platifrons | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Modiolidae |
| Genus: | Bathymodiolus |
| Species: | B. platifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994[1] | |
Bathymodiolus platifrons, described by Hashimoto and Okutani in 1994, is a deep-sea mussel that is common in hydrothermal vents and methane seeps in the Western Pacific Ocean.[2][3][4]
