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Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)

138801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138801)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Pteriomorphia
  7. Arcida
  8. Arcoidea
  9. Arcidae
  10. Bentharca
  11. Bentharca asperula
accepted
Species
Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Arca endemica Dall, 1908 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Arca profundicola A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Arca pteroessa E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 120-121 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138801 on 2026-09-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138801 on 2026-09-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
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Marshall, Bruce

original description (of ) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 120-121 [details] 

original description (of Arca profundicola A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 [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. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.06 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

context source (CCZ) Veillette, J.; Sarrazin, J.; Gooday, A. J.; Galéron, J.; Caprais, J.-C.; Vangriesheim, A.; Étoubleau, J.; Christian, J. R.; Kim Juniper, S. (2007). Ferromanganese nodule fauna in the Tropical North Pacific Ocean: Species richness, faunal cover and spatial distribution. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 54(11): 1912-1935., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.011 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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] 
 
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To PESI (from synonym Arca endemica Dall, 1908)
To PESI (from synonym Arca profundicola A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Arca pteroessa E. A. Smith, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Arca profundicola A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
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