Image Reference Number: 005176
Common Name: Hydrothermal vent clam
Scientific Name: Calyptogena magnifica
Location: Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific
Description: A giant hydrothermal vent clam, Calyptogena, from 2.5 kilometres on the East Pacific Rise. This clam genus also occurs at methane seeps/cold seeps.


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