Bentharca

Genus of ark clam

Bentharca

Temporal range: 23.03–Recent Ma

PreꞒ

Gulf of Oman, 24° 58' N, 56° 54' E, 156 fathoms, on shell sand
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Arcida
Family:  | Arcidae
Genus:  | Bentharca
Verrill & Bush, 1898
Type species
Bentharca asperula

Dall, 1881

Bentharca is a genus of ark clams.[1] Fossil species placed in the genus have been identified from the lower Miocene (23.03 mya).[2]

## Species

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It contains 2 extant species, and 2 extinct species.[1]

* Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
* Bentharca avellanaria (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
* †Bentharca inexpectata (P. A. Maxwell, 1966)
* †Bentharca waitakarensis Eagle, 2000

## References

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1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bentharca Verrill & Bush, 1898". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
2. ^ "Fossilworks: Bentharca". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Bentharca|

* Wikidata: Q3793703
* Wikispecies: Bentharca
* BOLD: 2414
* CoL: 7NQNF
* GBIF: 2286200
* iNaturalist: 246253
* IRMNG: 1113561
* ITIS: 79385
* NBN: NBNSYS0000179752
* NCBI: 182742
* NZOR: cd2505c7-992c-4569-80d2-6813c9c171ef
* Open Tree of Life: 50696
* Paleobiology Database: 16213
* WoRMS: 137674

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