Bentharca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arcoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Arcida Superfamilia: Arcoidea

Familia: Arcidae
Genus: Bentharca
Species (3 + 1†): B. asperula – B. avellanaria – B. hawaiensis – †B. waitakarensis

[source: WoRMS, except fossil species]

Name

• Bentharca Verrill & Bush, 1898
  • Type species: Macrodon asperula Dall, 1881
    • Fixation: original designation

Primary references

• Verrill & Bush 1898: Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 20, 842.