>Does anybody know of any good references on the depth ranges of cold
>seep or vent or rift clams - specifically Vesicomya or Calytogena?
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>I am researching an Oligocene cold seep site in NW Oregon where we find
>Thyasira, Solemya, Acila and several others but none of these, probably
>due to being outside the depth range ( this site is at 365 meters).
I don't have any references, but do believe that the family's
depthrange is from outer shelf to hadal.
I have a specimen of V. sergeevi Filatova 1971 from 8000m in the Kurile Trench.
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