Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae

Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arca (Bathyarca)*	Kobelt, 1891	synonym

Children

Bathyarca frielei (Friele, 1877)
Bathyarca glacialis (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)

Literature

additional source	Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
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.
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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137673