Range: 60°N to 32.32°N; 71.06°W to 8.17°W Depth: 49 to 1135 m (live 1153 to 1135 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Synonymy
Arca pectunculoides Scacchi, 1835 Arca grandis Leche, 1878 Arca septentrionalis G. O. Sars, 1878 Arca crenulata A. E. Verrill, 1882 Bathyarca pellucida Oliver & Allen, 1980
Details
Arca pectunculoidesScacchi, 1835, p. 82, not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Vicinanze di Gravina in Puglia [Italy] Range: 60°N to 39.85°N; 71.06°W to 8.17°W Depth: 49 to 925 m Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland References: Posselt (1896) E; Oliver & Allen (1980a) SWM Comments: Described as a fossil.
Arca crenulata A. E. Verrill, 1882, [Synonym]
Arca pectunculoïdes var. grandisLeche, 1878, p. 30-31, pl. 1, figs. 9a-c [Synonym] Type Locality: Kariska hafv. lat. 75° 15', long. 66° 50'
Bathyarca pectunculoides pellucidaOliver & Allen, 1980a, p. 53-54, figs. 7b, 8-10 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Atlantis II, cruise 24, sta. 118, off Bermuda, 1135-1153 m Range: 32.32°N ; 64.58°W Depth: 1153 to 1135 m (live 1153 to 1135 m) Maximum Reported Size: 3.7 mm Distribution: Bermuda References: Oliver & Allen (1980a) DdLlNSEWM Comments: Named as a subspecies of B. pectunculoides but not shown to have different geographic range; treated here as a tentative synonym, but could equally well be a valid species (G. Rosenberg, 8 May 2006).
Arca pectunculoides var. septentrionalisG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 43, pl. 4, figs. 2a-c [Synonym] Type Locality: Hasvig paa 60-100 F. D. og ved Bodö paa 100-150 F. D. [fathoms] [Norway]
Partial List of References
Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.] Oliver, [P.] G. and J. A. Allen. 1980. The functional and adaptive morphology of the deep-sea species of the Arcacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Atlantic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 291 45-76. [Stated date: 20 Nov 1980.] Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania. 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.
