Juan,
Welcome to the list! You have certainly chosen an interesting group of mollusks. About Vesicomya sergeevi, a Google search turned up a single image of a specimen from over 8,000 meters depth, in the Kachatka Trench off Kurile Island. Again, welcome,
Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
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> Hello everyone in the forum!, I am new to the list; my name is
> Juan Francisco Araya, I am student of Geology here in Chile and I
> have been interested in shells since just recently (about 6
> years) mainly by the way of fossils, although I am pointing my
> collection to recent deep water shells and some specific families.
> I discovered also recently chemosynthetic-based mollusks and I am
> gathering information (and specially specimens) of this unusual
> communities, so any help in the matter is welcomed.
> Being in the list I hope to gain more knowledge in the theme and
> make some friends to share opinions, it is great to be on-line
> with others who share the interest in shells.
> Apart: I am looking for information about the species Vesicomya
> sergeevi, Filatova 1971, does anybody has information about
> habitat or characteristics of this species?
>
> Well, thanks for including me in the list.
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> JF Araya.
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