| Huxleyia habooba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Solemyida |
| Family: | Nucinellidae |
| Genus: | Huxleyia |
| Species: | H. habooba |
| Binomial name | |
| Huxleyia habooba Oliver & Taylor, 2011 | |
Huxleyia habooba is a species of small, monomyarian, nuculoid bivalve. It was first found at a depth of 84 metres (276 ft) in the Arabian Sea. It is suspected of benefiting from chemosymbiosis with sulphur-oxidizing bacteria.
References
- Arcie Lee McAlester (1968). Type Species of Paleozoic Nuculoid Bivalve Genera. Geological Society of America. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-8137-1105-8.
- ^ Oliver, P. G.; Taylor, J. D. (2012). "Bacterial symbiosis in the Nucinellidae (Bivalvia: Solemyida) with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78 (1): 81–91. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr045. ISSN 0260-1230.
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.
- Kase, Tomoki, and Itaru Hayami. "Unique submarine cave mollusc fauna: composition, origin and adaptation." Journal of Molluscan Studies 58.4 (1992): 446-449.
- Adams, Arthur. "XXXIV.—On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan." Journal of Natural History 5.28 (1860): 299-303.
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