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Bathyarca

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286243	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286243
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16211	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16211

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Bathyarca

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Bathyarca

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Bathyarca	Kobelt 1891

Scientific Name

Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891

Name Published In

Die Gattung Arca L. In: Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Küster, H.C., Ed.), vol. 8, part 2, p. 213

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bathyarca	subgenus	belongs to Scapharca	stated without evidence	Dall, 1898
Bathyarca	subgenus	belongs to Arca	stated with evidence	Koperberg, 1931
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Anadarinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Anadarinae	stated without evidence	Maxwell, 1992
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Anadarinae	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Anadarinae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcidae	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Arcidae	stated without evidence	Mikkelsen, 2006
Bathyarca	genus	belongs to Bathyarcidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (60%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae)

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind

Diet

suspension feeder

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Arcidae)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bathyarca (Bathyarca) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		24	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bathyarca adelaideana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bathyarca anaclima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca bellatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca coccus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca corpulenta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bathyarca crenulifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca cuculliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca cybaea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	12.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bathyarca frielei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca glacialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bathyarca glomerula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca hendersoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Bathyarca imitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca inaequisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca kyurokusimana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca lucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca nipponica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca orbiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca pectenculoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca pectinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca pectunculoides species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Bathyarca perversidens species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bathyarca philippiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca pisum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca polycyma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca sagamiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca sibogai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca sinuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyarca strebeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scapharca hendersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Batyarca Patrini, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : *Batyarca*
Microcuculaea Iredale, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : *Microcuculaea*
Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : *Microcucullaea*
Thronacar Iredale, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : *Thronacar*
Batiarca Patrini, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : *Batiarca*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1891	Bathyarca Kobelt pp. 213-214
1898	Scapharca (Bathyarca) Dall p. 653
1931	Arca (Bathyarca) Koperberg p. 15
1980	Bathyarca Vokes p. 14
1992	Bathyarca Maxwell p. 60
1998	Bathyarca Lamprell and Healy p. 60
1999	Bathyarca Wienrich p. 212

Year	Name and Author
2000	Bathyarca Coan et al. pp. 132, 134
2001	Bathyarca Todd
2002	Bathyarca Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Bathyarca Spencer et al.
2005	Bathyarca Rosenberg
2006	Bathyarca Mikkelsen
2010	Bathyarca Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Maxwell P. A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65, 1-280

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Western Atlantic Bivalves [http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves.html]

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Martini & Chemnitz, Syst. Conchylien Cab., (2) Lief. 390, 213 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1887 Area pectunculoides Scacchi, 1834 and A. Philippiana Nyst, 1848 (currently Bathyarca Pectunculoides and B. Philippiana; Mollusca, Bivalvia): specific names conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55, 49-50 (1998) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Kobelt, W. (1841-1891). Die Gattung Arca L. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. [in] Martini & Chemnitz Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet (Kuester ed.). 8(2): 1-138, pl. 1-49. - via World Register of Marine Species

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