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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K12646 | DDX58, RIG-I: ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX58 | KEGG | - | 31 | expanded | - | 3.00E-03 |
| K18592 | GGT1_5, CD224: gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase | KEGG | - | 17 | expanded | - | 3.01E-03 |
| K16669 | FAT4: protocadherin Fat 4 | KEGG | - | 73 | expanded | - | 3.02E-03 |
| K11433 | SETMAR: histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETMAR | KEGG | - | 20 | expanded | - | 3.08E-03 |
| K10955 | MUC2: mucin-2 | KEGG | - | 99 | expanded | - | 3.64E-03 |
| K20473 | NBAS: neuroblastoma-amplified sequence | KEGG | - | 18 | expanded | - | 3.98E-03 |
| K00665 | FASN: fatty acid synthase, animal type | KEGG | - | 25 | expanded | - | 4.08E-03 |
| K04964 | TRPC1: transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 1 | KEGG | - | 7 | expanded | - | 4.47E-03 |
| K17305 | APOH, B2G1: beta-2-glycoprotein 1 | KEGG | - | 7 | expanded | - | 4.47E-03 |
| K11267 | PDS5: sister chromatid cohesion protein PDS5 | KEGG | - | 11 | expanded | - | 5.29E-03 |
| K01245 | ADPRH: ADP-ribosylarginine hydrolase | KEGG | - | 11 | expanded | - | 5.29E-03 |
| K08187 | SLC16A10: MFS transporter, MCT family, solute carrier family 16 (monocarboxylic acid transporters), member 10 | KEGG | - | 20 | expanded | - | 6.11E-03 |
| K14297 | NUP98, ADAR2, NUP116: nuclear pore complex protein Nup98-Nup96 | KEGG | - | 14 | expanded | - | 6.52E-03 |
| K10395 | KIF4_21_27: kinesin family member 4/21/27 | KEGG | - | 17 | expanded | - | 6.59E-03 |
| K22656 | IGSF9B: immunoglobulin superfamily member 9B | KEGG | - | 17 | expanded | - | 6.59E-03 |
| K16897 | TPCN3: two pore calcium channel protein 3 | KEGG | - | 12 | expanded | - | 8.15E-03 |
| K22754 | RNF213: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF213 | KEGG | - | 39 | expanded | - | 8.68E-03 |
| K16681 | CRB: protein crumbs | KEGG | - | 19 | expanded | - | 9.64E-03 |
| K19876 | STEAP4: metalloreductase STEAP4 | KEGG | - | 6 | expanded | - | 9.69E-03 |
| K15442 | TAD3, ADAT3: tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase 3 | KEGG | - | 10 | expanded | - | 9.83E-03 |
