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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Bentharca (Genus)
> asperula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Indacar Iredale, 1939
=Notogrammatodon P.A. Maxwell, 1966
=Pseudogrammatodon (Notogrammatodon) P.A. Maxwell, 1966
Synonymised Names:
=Acar asperula (Dall, 1881)
=Arca culebrensis E.A. Smith, 1885
=Bathyarca profundicola (A.E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
=Bentharca hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Bentharca (Genus)
> asperula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Indacar Iredale, 1939
=Notogrammatodon P.A. Maxwell, 1966
=Pseudogrammatodon (Notogrammatodon) P.A. Maxwell, 1966
Synonymised Names:
=Acar asperula (Dall, 1881)
=Arca culebrensis E.A. Smith, 1885
=Bathyarca profundicola (A.E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
=Bentharca hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Details: Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Distribution:
Kermadec Trench. Worldwide, Eastern Pacific, from 4540m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.73)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil