Bathymodiolus childressi
| Bathymodiolus childressi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Bathymodiolus |
| Species: | B. childressi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathymodiolus childressi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz, & Vrijenhoek, 1998 | |
Bathymodiolus childressi is a species of deepwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Although this species has been known since 1985, it was formally described as a species in 1998.