Vesicomyid clams

Although few animal species are shared between vents and seeps, dominant species of both communities (bathymodiolid mussels, vesicomyid clams and vestimentiferan worms) are phylogenetically related and share similar physiology and anatomy (Scott Fisher, 1995 Peek etal., 1997 Tunnicliffe etal.,... 

Scott, K.M. and Fisher, C.R. (1995) Physiological ecology of sulfide metabolism in hydrothermal vent and cold seep vesicomyid clams and vestimentiferan tube worms. American Zoologist, 35, 102-111. 

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