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

Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathyarca*	Kobelt, 1891	accepted genus name
*Arca (Bathyarca)*	Kobelt, 1891	synonym

Species group names

*Arca dakarensis*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Bathyarca abyssorum*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym
*Bathyarca dakarensis*	(Locard, 1898)	synonym

Literature

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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885). 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:138798