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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K19941 | SYN: synapsin | KEGG | - | 15 | expanded | - | 4.05E-04 |
| K19464 | PLEKHG5: pleckstrin homology domain-containing family G member 5 | KEGG | - | 31 | expanded | - | 5.15E-04 |
| K04608 | GRM6_7_8: metabotropic glutamate receptor 6/7/8 | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 6.66E-04 |
| K17304 | PMEL, SILV: melanocyte protein PMEL | KEGG | - | 12 | expanded | - | 7.00E-04 |
| K01669 | phrB: deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase | KEGG | - | 16 | expanded | - | 7.51E-04 |
| K12843 | PRPF3, PRP3: U4/U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein PRP3 | KEGG | - | 14 | expanded | - | 7.79E-04 |
| K13140 | INTS3: integrator complex subunit 3 | KEGG | - | 21 | expanded | - | 8.26E-04 |
| K05109 | EPHA8, EEK: Eph receptor A8 | KEGG | - | 9 | expanded | - | 9.53E-04 |
| K17072 | IFI47: interferon gamma inducible protein 47 | KEGG | - | 15 | expanded | - | 1.38E-03 |
| K03173 | TRAF2: TNF receptor-associated factor 2 | KEGG | - | 11 | expanded | - | 1.41E-03 |
| K10882 | EME1, MMS4: crossover junction endonuclease EME1 | KEGG | - | 13 | expanded | - | 1.49E-03 |
| K10645 | MIB: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase mind-bomb | KEGG | - | 35 | expanded | - | 1.71E-03 |
| K00088 | IMPDH, guaB: IMP dehydrogenase | KEGG | - | 21 | expanded | - | 1.87E-03 |
| K16280 | RGLG: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RGLG | KEGG | - | 14 | expanded | - | 2.53E-03 |
| K20049 | LRP1B: low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B | KEGG | - | 14 | expanded | - | 2.53E-03 |
| K22422 | DONSON: protein downstream neighbor of Son | KEGG | - | 10 | expanded | - | 2.81E-03 |
| K22763 | DESI2, PPPDE1: deubiquitinase DESI2 | KEGG | - | 10 | expanded | - | 2.81E-03 |
| K04534 | GNAO, G-ALPHA-O: guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha | KEGG | - | 12 | expanded | - | 2.82E-03 |
| K14805 | DDX24, MAK5: ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX24/MAK5 | KEGG | - | 12 | expanded | - | 2.82E-03 |
| K09624 | PRSS12: neurotrypsin | KEGG | - | 23 | expanded | - | 2.91E-03 |
