The scaly-foot gastropod Chrysomallon squamiferum is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae. This vent-endemic gastropod is known only from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, where it has been found at depths of about 2,400–2,900 m. It differs greatly from other deep-sea gastropods, even the closely related neomphalines. It is widely distributed in the deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Indian Ocean, which are around 2,780 metres in depth.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysomallon squamiferum | Mollusca | Scaly-foot Snail | Hydrothermal vent | 2,415-2,785 | Kairei hydrothermal vent field (25°19.23ʹS, 70°02.42ʹE) | 216257 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Csq_v1.1.fa | 404.6Mb | Chromosome | 2020 | SMMR01 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | PRJNA523081 | 96.60% | 16,917 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour | nature communications | 32269225 |
