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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K09960 | K09960: uncharacterized protein | KEGG | - | 0 | contracted | - | 1.20E-06 |
| K03989 | C4: complement component 4 | KEGG | - | 23 | contracted | - | 1.35E-06 |
| K04194 | CCKAR: cholecystokinin A receptor | KEGG | - | 17 | contracted | - | 1.45E-06 |
| K08168 | tetB: MFS transporter, DHA2 family, metal-tetracycline-proton antiporter | KEGG | - | 0 | contracted | - | 2.24E-06 |
| K11275 | H1_5: histone H1/5 | KEGG | - | 3 | contracted | - | 3.00E-06 |
| K21440 | ANKRD50: ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 50 | KEGG | - | 17 | contracted | - | 4.69E-06 |
| K19479 | COL10A: collagen, type X, alpha | KEGG | - | 4 | contracted | - | 2.08E-05 |
| K04808 | CHRNA6: nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-6 | KEGG | - | 12 | contracted | - | 3.29E-05 |
| K17513 | CLEC17A: C-type lectin superfamily 17 member A | KEGG | - | 13 | contracted | - | 4.92E-05 |
| K04804 | CHRNA2: nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-2 | KEGG | - | 0 | contracted | - | 9.21E-05 |
| K03424 | tatD: TatD DNase family protein | KEGG | - | 11 | contracted | - | 1.08E-04 |
| K12805 | NLRC4, CARD12: NLR family CARD domain-containing protein 4 | KEGG | - | 1 | contracted | - | 1.34E-04 |
| K04803 | CHRNA1: nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-1 | KEGG | - | 1 | contracted | - | 1.34E-04 |
| K07418 | CYP2J: cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily J | KEGG | - | 9 | contracted | - | 1.58E-04 |
| K01315 | PLG: plasminogen | KEGG | - | 8 | contracted | - | 2.32E-04 |
| K15503 | ANKRD44: serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 6 regulatory ankyrin repeat subunit B | KEGG | - | 17 | contracted | - | 2.64E-04 |
| K21449 | ata, sadA, emaA: trimeric autotransporter adhesin | KEGG | - | 10 | contracted | - | 3.57E-04 |
| K09488 | TRAP1, HSP75: TNF receptor-associated protein 1 | KEGG | - | 2 | contracted | - | 3.88E-04 |
| K17341 | HMCN: hemicentin | KEGG | - | 53 | contracted | - | 6.69E-04 |
| K19930 | SRCIN1, SNIP: SRC kinase signaling inhibitor 1 | KEGG | - | 1 | contracted | - | 1.28E-03 |
