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 |
|---|---|
| Conbi00001 | L-ASPARAGINASE |
| Conbi00002 | - |
| Conbi00003 | GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE 1 FEEDBACK REGULATORY PROTEIN |
| Conbi00004 | REGULATOR OF MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS PROTEIN |
| Conbi00005 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| Conbi00006 | - |
| Conbi00007 | MED-6-RELATED |
| Conbi00008 | ATP-DEPENDENT DNA HELICASE |
| Conbi00009 | INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS |
| Conbi00010 | INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS |
| Conbi00011 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| Conbi00012 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| Conbi00013 | LYSOSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN |
| Conbi00014 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| Conbi00015 | - |
| Conbi00016 | UBIQUITIN-ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| Conbi00017 | TRNA (GUANINE-9-) METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| Conbi00018 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MIB2 |
| Conbi00019 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| Conbi00020 | DUF3504 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| Annotation ID | Description | Type | Subtype | GeneRatio | Evolution Type | P-value | Q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K01142 | E3.1.11.2, xthA: exodeoxyribonuclease III | KEGG | - | 26 | expanded | - | 4.90E-06 |
| K22017 | MUC4: mucin-4 | KEGG | - | 45 | expanded | - | 5.26E-06 |
| K21989 | TMEM63: calcium permeable stress-gated cation channel | KEGG | - | 21 | expanded | - | 7.07E-06 |
| K04911 | KCNH8, KV12.1: potassium voltage-gated channel Eag-related subfamily H 8 | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 8.60E-06 |
| K20050 | LRP3_10_12: low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 3/10/12 | KEGG | - | 26 | expanded | - | 1.70E-05 |
| K16461 | CEP135, CEP4: centrosomal protein CEP135 | KEGG | - | 19 | expanded | - | 2.78E-05 |
| K16680 | ED: echinoid | KEGG | - | 26 | expanded | - | 5.05E-05 |
| K04994 | MCOLN3, TRPML3: mucolipin 3 | KEGG | - | 18 | expanded | - | 5.47E-05 |
| K10443 | KLHL2_3: kelch-like protein 2/3 | KEGG | - | 33 | expanded | - | 9.61E-05 |
| K15212 | TAF1A, SL1: TATA box-binding protein-associated factor RNA polymerase I | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 1.02E-04 |
| K22371 | G2H3: G2/M phase-specific E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase | KEGG | - | 29 | expanded | - | 1.51E-04 |
| K13073 | PIGR: polymeric immunoglobulin receptor | KEGG | - | 14 | expanded | - | 1.71E-04 |
| K20796 | PRDM7_9: histone-lysine N-methyltransferase PRDM7/9 | KEGG | - | 36 | expanded | - | 1.92E-04 |
| K05643 | ABCA3: ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1), member 3 | KEGG | - | 30 | expanded | - | 2.00E-04 |
| K01365 | CTSL: cathepsin L | KEGG | - | 33 | expanded | - | 2.01E-04 |
| K01809 | manA, MPI: mannose-6-phosphate isomerase | KEGG | - | 16 | expanded | - | 2.09E-04 |
| K05096 | FLT1, VEGFR1: FMS-like tyrosine kinase 1 | KEGG | - | 18 | expanded | - | 2.16E-04 |
| K08843 | LRRK1: leucine-rich repeat kinase 1 | KEGG | - | 18 | expanded | - | 2.16E-04 |
| K17548 | PKDCC: protein kinase domain-containing protein, cytoplasmic | KEGG | - | 17 | expanded | - | 4.04E-04 |
| K04612 | CASR: calcium-sensing receptor | KEGG | - | 15 | expanded | - | 4.05E-04 |
