Bentharca

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]

Bentharca
Temporal range: 23.03–Recent Ma
Gulf of Oman, 24° 58' N, 56° 54' E, 156 fathoms, on shell sand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Bentharca
Verrill & Bush, 1898

Species

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