MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)

MSBIAS taxon details

Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)

Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
Right valve (above) and left valve (below) from Djibouti banks, Alboran Sea, 349-365 m (actual size 3,8 mm mm)

AphiaID

138799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138799)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891

Original name

Arca pectunculoides Scacchi, 1835

Synonymised names

Bathyarca petunculoides [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Scacchi A. 1835. Notizie intorno alle conchiglie ed a' zoofiti fossili che si trovano nelle vicinanze di Gravina in Puglia. Annali Civili del Regno delle Due Sicilie 6: 75-84; 7: 5-18, 2 pl. [the date of vol. 6 often stated as 1834, but both issues stated as published later than 8th October 1835 by Cretella et al., 2005], available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=-B9EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5
page(s): 82; pl. 1 fig. 12 a,b [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138799 on 2025-05-27

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138799 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-14 20:27:19Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Scacchi A. 1835. Notizie intorno alle conchiglie ed a' zoofiti fossili che si trovano nelle vicinanze di Gravina in Puglia. Annali Civili del Regno delle Due Sicilie 6: 75-84; 7: 5-18, 2 pl. [the date of vol. 6 often stated as 1834, but both issues stated as published later than 8th October 1835 by Cretella et al., 2005], available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=-B9EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5
page(s): 82; pl. 1 fig. 12 a,b [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. Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Morton B. (1982). Functional morphology of Bathyarca pectunculoides (Bivalvia: Arcacea) from a deep Norwegian fjord with a discusssion of the mantle margin in the Arcoida.. Sarsia 67: 269-282 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 126-127 [details]