North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)

AphiaID

138798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138798)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891

Original name

Arca (Scapharca) inaequisculpta E. A. Smith, 1885

Synonymised names

Arca inaequisculpta E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)

Bathyarca abyssorum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted

Bathyarca dakarensis (Locard, 1898) · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 267-268, pl. 17, figs 8-8c. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138798 on 2026-08-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138798 on 2026-08-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2021-08-19 09:54:45Z

changed

Herbert, David

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original description (of Bathyarca abyssorum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) 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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 843 [details]

original description (of ) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 267-268, pl. 17, figs 8-8c. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.06 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]