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Bathyarca

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Arcoida
    Superfamily:  
Arcacea
    Family:  
Arcidae
    Subfamily:  
Anaoarinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Bathyarca KOBELT, 1891
    Type Species:  
Arca pectunculoides SCACCHI, 1833, OD


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Fig. C5,2. *B. pectunculoides (Scacchi), Rec., RV ext., X6 (Kobelt, 1891)


Synonyms

Microcucullaea, Indacar


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Ovoid small shells somewhat reduced anteriorly, posterior carina obscure or lacking, umbones situated less than 0.3 back of anterior margin, ornamented with radial costellae and concentric growth lines, ligament area narrow, teeth short, oblique, converging toward point below beaks, divided into anterior and posterior series of slightly longer teeth separated by an elongate edentulous gap




References



Museum or Author Information

Kobelt, 1891