| Image Reference Number: | 005229 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent mussel |
| Scientific Name: | Bathymodiolus |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Description: | The vent mussel community: brittle stars, worms and limpets carpet the outside of vent mussel (Bathymodiolus) shells living near a hydrothermal vent. |