MolluscaBase - Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)

CCZ taxon details

Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)

AphiaID

138801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138801)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

Original name

Macrodon asperula Dall, 1881

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 120-121 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2025) Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/CCZ/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138801 on 2025-05-17

Regional species database citation

Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2025). Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist. Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/CCZ/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138801 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2020-03-27 20:10:09Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 120-121 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [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

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

context source (CCZ) Veillette, J.; Sarrazin, J.; Gooday, A. J.; Galéron, J.; Caprais, J.-C.; Vangriesheim, A.; Étoubleau, J.; Christian, J. R.; Kim Juniper, S. (2007). Ferromanganese nodule fauna in the Tropical North Pacific Ocean: Species richness, faunal cover and spatial distribution. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 54(11): 1912-1935., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.011 [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 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]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]