New species of Thyasiridae from a methane seepage area off Concepción, Chile

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1092, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Oliver, P Graham ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Methane seep; Morphology; New species; Thyasiridae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CONCHOCELE; CONCHOCELE BISECTA; CTENIDIUM; MAORITHYAS; THYASIRA; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 33644892725     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1092.1.1     Document Type: Article

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