Conchocele bisecta is an extremely large thyasirid very widely distributed in the northern Pacific Ocean, ranging from East China Sea to Russia to Oregon, USA. It is a chemosymbiotic bivalve hosting both methane and sulfur oxidising endosymbionts in a much enlarged gill, and relies on these for energy.
Animalia (Kingdom); Mollusca (Phylum); Bivalvia (Class); Autobranchia (Subclass); Heteroconchia (Infraclass); Euheterodonta (Subterclass); Imparidentia (Superorder); Lucinida (Order); Thyasiroidea (Superfamily); Thyasiridae (Family); Conchocele (Genus); Conchocele bisecta (Species)
Venus bisecta Conrad, 1849
1. Dana J D. United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, USN: Geology[M]. C. Sherman, 1849. (Dana et al., 1849)
with "bisecta" likely referring to its distinct posterior ridge or "two-part" appearance. The genus name, Conchocele, is Latin-derived from "concha" (shell) and Greek "keleh," meaning to divide or split, which again alludes to a divided or notched aspect of the shell.
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conchocele bisecta | Mollusca | deep-sea bivalves | Hydrothermal vent | 50-650 | hydrothermal vents field in the East China Sea (27° 47.5′ N, 126° 53.8′ E) | 1803738 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM2923769v1 | 1.9Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | JAQRGA01 | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA913320 | 95.40 | 106,900/488.6 | 39.22 | 66.96 | 25,483 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Hologenome analysis reveals independent evolution to chemosymbiosis by deep-sea bivalves | BMC Biology | 36882766 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| Conbi20489 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 71 |
| Conbi20490 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 5 |
| Conbi20491 | - |
| Conbi20492 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B AND N |
| Conbi20493 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| Conbi20494 | UBIQUITINATION FACTOR E4 |
| Conbi20495 | DYNAMIN |
| Conbi20496 | GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH SUBUNIT 2 |
| Conbi20497 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| Conbi20498 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN-CONTAINING FAMILY G MEMBER 7 |
| Conbi20499 | - |
| Conbi20500 | - |
| Conbi20501 | - |
| Conbi20502 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 5A |
| Conbi20503 | - |
| Conbi20504 | PIKACHURIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| Conbi20505 | ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER |
| Conbi20506 | PHOSPHORIBOSYLFORMYLGLYCINAMIDINE SYNTHASE |
| Conbi20507 | GM2 GANGLIOSIDE ACTIVATOR PROTEIN |
| Conbi20508 | GM2 GANGLIOSIDE ACTIVATOR PROTEIN |
| Annotation ID | Description | Type | Subtype | GeneRatio | Evolution Type | P-value | Q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K09228 | KRAB: KRAB domain-containing zinc finger protein | KEGG | - | 445 | expanded | - | 1.48E-31 |
| K11757 | PBRM1, PB1: protein polybromo-1 | KEGG | - | 70 | expanded | - | 2.55E-18 |
| K20989 | DUR3: urea-proton symporter | KEGG | - | 73 | expanded | - | 3.76E-16 |
| K06065 | NCOR2, SMRT: nuclear receptor co-repressor 2 | KEGG | - | 112 | expanded | - | 1.35E-15 |
| K07876 | RAB35, RAB1C: Ras-related protein Rab-35 | KEGG | - | 60 | expanded | - | 1.71E-14 |
| K08871 | BRD2: bromodomain-containing protein 2 | KEGG | - | 36 | expanded | - | 1.67E-11 |
| K19531 | CDAN1: codanin-1 | KEGG | - | 52 | expanded | - | 7.15E-11 |
| K05641 | ABCA1: ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1), member 1 | KEGG | - | 49 | expanded | - | 1.68E-09 |
| K14386 | SLC5A6, SMVT: solute carrier family 5 (sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter), member 6 | KEGG | - | 70 | expanded | - | 2.06E-09 |
| K09533 | DNAJC13: DnaJ homolog subfamily C member 13 | KEGG | - | 37 | expanded | - | 3.52E-09 |
| K16506 | FAT1_2_3: protocadherin Fat 1/2/3 | KEGG | - | 57 | expanded | - | 3.76E-09 |
| K04600 | CELSR1: cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 1 | KEGG | - | 41 | expanded | - | 1.92E-08 |
| K17495 | CSMD: CUB and sushi domain-containing protein | KEGG | - | 147 | expanded | - | 1.46E-07 |
| K04628 | CGT, UGT8: ceramide galactosyltransferase | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 2.54E-07 |
| K15168 | MED25: mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 25 | KEGG | - | 67 | expanded | - | 7.17E-07 |
| K12026 | TRIM56: tripartite motif-containing protein 56 | KEGG | - | 204 | expanded | - | 1.14E-06 |
| K20221 | IPO4, RANBP4: importin-4 | KEGG | - | 51 | expanded | - | 1.25E-06 |
| K13506 | GPAT3_4, AGPAT9, AGPAT6: glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 3/4 | KEGG | - | 28 | expanded | - | 1.36E-06 |
| K05106 | EPHA5, EHK1, TYRO4: Eph receptor A5 | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 1.78E-06 |
| K04615 | GABBR: gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptor | KEGG | - | 38 | expanded | - | 2.97E-06 |
