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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 (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 (Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
=Bentharca hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Details: Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Distribution:
Worldwide, Eastern Pacific from 430-5005 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.73)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil