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Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)

Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)Specimen from Gorringe seamount, 3635'N, 1128'W, 460-480 m , 'Seamount 1' DW21 (actual size 6.3 mm)
Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Specimen from Gorringe seamount, 3635'N, 1128'W, 460-480 m , 'Seamount 1' DW21 (actual size 6.3 mm)

138800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138800)

accepted
Species
Arca grenophia Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1887)
Arca obliqua R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Portlock, 1843; Arca philippiana...)  
not Portlock, 1843; Arca philippiana is a replacement name
marine
(of Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848) Nyst P. H. J. (1848). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles de la familie des Arcacées. pt. 1 Genre <i>Arca</i>. <i>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique </i>: 22: 1-79, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2885636
page(s): 54; note: replacement name for Arca obliqua Philippi, 1844, non Portlock, 1843 [details] 
Note Valley of River Lamato, Calabria, Italy...  
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Type locality Valley of River Lamato, Calabria, Italy (Plio-Pleistocene fossil) [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Ampère,...  
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Ampère, Josephine and Seine seamounts, common in 185-630 m; Great Meteor, Hyères, Irving, Plato, and Atlantis seamounts, moderately common in 300-640 m.
 [details]

Nomenclature Placed on Official List of specific names in Zoology by ICZN Opinion 1887 (1998)  
Nomenclature Placed on Official List of specific names in Zoology by ICZN Opinion 1887 (1998) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138800 on 2026-08-09
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138800 on 2026-08-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Arca grenophia Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 313 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Arca obliqua R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 43-44, pl. 15 fig. 2 [details] 

original description (of Arca obliquata Locard, 1899) Locard, A. (1899). Les coquilles marines au large des côtes de France : faune pélagique et faune abyssale : description des familles, genres et espèces / par Arnould Locard. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14011
page(s): 158; note: ICZN Opinion 1887: placed on the official index of rejected and invalid names [details] 

original description (of Arca obliquatula Dautzenberg, 1927) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1927). Mollusques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco dans l'Océan Atlantique et dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 72: 401 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://bibnum.explore.psl.eu/s/psl/ark:/18469/1k2fd
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848) Nyst P. H. J. (1848). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles de la familie des Arcacées. pt. 1 Genre <i>Arca</i>. <i>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique </i>: 22: 1-79, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2885636
page(s): 54; note: replacement name for Arca obliqua Philippi, 1844, non Portlock, 1843 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Biology Type of larval development: not documented [inferred from prodissoconch morphology to be short planktonic, non-planktotrophic] [details]

Diagnosis Shell oval in contour, inequilateral with hardly prominent unbos situated towards the anterior one-third and maximum shell height situated on the posterior one-fourth. Ligamental area small and narrow. Cardinal line with 4-5 teeth anterior to the umbo and about ten posterior to it, increasing in size and becoming more oblique as they are situated further away from the umbo. Exterior with flat comarginal cords, broader than the interspaces, crossed by fant radial ribs which are more developed in the posterior part. Periostracum yellowish with few bristles towards the ventral margin the margin. Colour of shell white. [details]

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Ampère, Josephine and Seine seamounts, common in 185-630 m; Great Meteor, Hyères, Irving, Plato, and Atlantis seamounts, moderately common in 300-640 m.
 [details]

Nomenclature Placed on Official List of specific names in Zoology by ICZN Opinion 1887 (1998) [details]

Type locality Valley of River Lamato, Calabria, Italy (Plio-Pleistocene fossil) [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bathyarca grenophia (Risso, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Arca obliquata Locard, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Arca grenophia Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Arca obliqua R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To Conchology (Bathyarca philippiana) 
To Conchology (Bathyarca philippiana) 
To Conchology (Bathyarca philippiana) 
To Malacopics (Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough, ... 
To Malacopics (Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Bathyarca grenophia (Risso, 1826))
To PESI (from synonym Arca obliqua R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Arca grenophia Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Arca obliquata Locard, 1899)
To PESI (from synonym Arca obliquatula Dautzenberg, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848)
To ITIS
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Unreviewed