WoRMS taxon details
Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
137673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137673)
accepted
Genus
Arca pectunculoides Scacchi, 1835 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) (type by subsequent designation)
Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891 · unaccepted (original rank)
Arca (Plesiarca) Bergeron, 1888 · unaccepted
Bathyarca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891 · alternative representation
Bathyarca (Microcucullaea) Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scapharca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Thronacar Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Bathyarca adelaideana (Iredale, 1929)
- Species Bathyarca anaclima (Melvill, 1907)
- Species Bathyarca arcadia Simone, 2024
- Species Bathyarca bellatula Marwick, 1942 †
- Species Bathyarca claibornica Garvie, 1996 †
- Species Bathyarca coccus (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Bathyarca corpulenta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Bathyarca crenulifera (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Bathyarca cuculliformis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
- Species Bathyarca frielei (Friele, 1877)
- Species Bathyarca gerthi (Koperberg, 1931) †
- Species Bathyarca glacialis (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Species Bathyarca glomerula (Dall, 1881)
- Species Bathyarca ilpinensis Sinelnikova, 1994 †
- Species Bathyarca imitata (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Bathyarca japonica Habe, 1977
- Species Bathyarca kyurokusimana Nomura & Hatai, 1940
- Species Bathyarca lucida Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
- Species Bathyarca nipponica Okutani, 1962
- Species Bathyarca orbiculata (Dall, 1881)
- Species Bathyarca orientalis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Bathyarca pectinata (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Bathyarca perinusitata (Beets, 1942) †
- Species Bathyarca perversidens Hedley, 1902
- Species Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
- Species Bathyarca pisum Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Species Bathyarca polycyma (Dall, 1881)
- Species Bathyarca rubastschaica Korobkov, 1939 †
- Species Bathyarca sagamiensis Okutani, 1962
- Species Bathyarca saxonica (Koenen, 1893) †
- Species Bathyarca sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Bathyarca sinuata Pelseneer, 1903
- Species Bathyarca strebeli (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
- Subgenus Bathyarca (Microcucullaea) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
- Species Bathyarca (Microcucullaea) kyurokusimana Nomura & Hatai, 1940 accepted as Bathyarca kyurokusimana Nomura & Hatai, 1940 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bathyarca abyssorum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Bathyarca anomala A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bathyarca dakarensis (Locard, 1898) accepted as Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885) (synonym)
- Species Bathyarca grandis (Leche, 1878) accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Bathyarca grenophia (Risso, 1826) accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
- Species Bathyarca inaequalis (Dall, 1927) accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Bathyarca nucleator (Dall, 1908) accepted as Bathyarca imitata (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bathyarca pacifica (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934) accepted as Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915)
- Species Bathyarca petunculoides [sic] accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) (misspelling)
- Species Bathyarca profundicola (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885) accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bathyarca sagamiensis Okutani, 1962 sensu Okutani, 2000 accepted as Bathyarca nipponica Okutani, 1962
- Species Bathyarca xenophoricola Kuroda, 1929 accepted as Xenophorarca xenophoricola (Kuroda, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bathyarca gigantica Aslanjan, 1959 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Bathyarca raridentata (S. V. Wood, 1840) † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891) Kobelt, W. (1841-1891). Die Gattung <i>Arca</i> L. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. [in] Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Kuester ed.). 8(2): 1-238, pl. 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44328
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137673 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 159, 187 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Thronacar Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 267. [details]
original description (of Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891) Kobelt, W. (1841-1891). Die Gattung <i>Arca</i> L. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. [in] Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Kuester ed.). 8(2): 1-238, pl. 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44328
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Arca (Plesiarca) Bergeron, 1888) Michel-Levy A. & Bergeron J. 1888. Étude géologique de la Serranía de Ronda. pp. 171-375, pl. 21-23, 40-42. In: Fouqué M.F. (ed.). Mission d'Andalousie. Études relatives au tremblement de terre du 25 décembre 1884 et à la constitution géologique du sol ébranlé par les secousses. <i>Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France</i>, 30(2) [4e partie, Paléontologie pp. 250-347, pl. 21-23, attributed to J. Bergeron on p. 727 of the same volume], available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6255634g.texteImage
page(s): 311 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 159, 187 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Thronacar Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 267. [details]
original description (of Arca (Bathyarca) Kobelt, 1891) Kobelt, W. (1841-1891). Die Gattung <i>Arca</i> L. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. [in] Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Kuester ed.). 8(2): 1-238, pl. 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44328
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Arca (Plesiarca) Bergeron, 1888) Michel-Levy A. & Bergeron J. 1888. Étude géologique de la Serranía de Ronda. pp. 171-375, pl. 21-23, 40-42. In: Fouqué M.F. (ed.). Mission d'Andalousie. Études relatives au tremblement de terre du 25 décembre 1884 et à la constitution géologique du sol ébranlé par les secousses. <i>Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France</i>, 30(2) [4e partie, Paléontologie pp. 250-347, pl. 21-23, attributed to J. Bergeron on p. 727 of the same volume], available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6255634g.texteImage
page(s): 311 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 174 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 123 [details]
subsequent type designation Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 842; note: type species designation [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
subsequent type designation Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 842; note: type species designation [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathyarca)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
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