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Arca Linnaeus, 1758

137670  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137670)

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Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Arca bouvieri P. Fischer, 1874
  2. Species Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789
  3. Species Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Species Arca pacifica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  5. Subgenus Arca (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Arca (Scapharca) africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Anadara pygmaea (H. Adams, 1872)
  6. Species Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848 accepted as Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848) (basionym)
  7. Species Arca acupicta Viader, 1951 accepted as Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915)
  8. Species Arca afra Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791)
  9. Species Arca agulhasensis Thiele, 1931 accepted as Acar agulhasensis (Thiele, 1931) (original combination)
  10. Species Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  11. Species Arca approximata Viader, 1951 accepted as Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915)
  12. Species Arca auriculata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Anadara auriculata (Lamarck, 1819)
  13. Species Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819) (basionym)
  14. Species Arca caelata Reeve, 1844 accepted as Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Arca clathrata Defrance, 1816 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816) (original combination)
  16. Species Arca cometa Reeve, 1844 accepted as Barbatia cometa (Reeve, 1844)
  17. Species Arca complanata Chemnitz, 1784 accepted as Barbatia complanata (Bruguière, 1789) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  18. Species Arca cunealis Reeve, 1844 accepted as Tegillarca cunealis (Reeve, 1844) (replacement name for A. cuneata Reeve, 1844 not Roemer, 1841)
  19. Species Arca decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Barbatia decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (superseded combination)
  20. Species Arca dichotoma Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Vitracar sulcata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hawaiarca sulcata (Lamarck, 1819)
  21. Species Arca ehrenbergi (Dunker, 1868) accepted as Anadara ehrenbergi (Dunker, 1868)
  22. Species Arca elegans Viader, 1951 accepted as Mimarcaria diphaeonotus (P. G. Oliver & Holmes, 2004) (invalid: junior homonym of Arca elegans Perry, 1811)
  23. Species Arca formosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 accepted as Anadara formosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (original combination)
  24. Species Arca fusca Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798) (invalid: junior homonym of Arca fusca [Lightfoot], 1786)
  25. Species Arca granosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lamarcka imbricata (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Arca kraussii Krauss, 1848 accepted as Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819)
  28. Species Arca lacerata Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Barbatia lacerata (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Arca lateralis Reeve, 1844 accepted as Sheldonella lateralis (Reeve, 1844)
  31. Species Arca lienardi Viader, 1951 accepted as Calloarca cibotina (Melvill, 1907)
  32. Species Arca maculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819) (junior synonym)
  33. Species Arca natalensis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
  34. Species Arca nivea Chemnitz, 1784 accepted as Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  35. Species Arca obliquata W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Barbatia obliquata (W. Wood, 1828)
  36. Species Arca orientalis Thiele, 1931 accepted as Bathyarca orientalis (Thiele, 1931) (original combination)
  37. Species Arca parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Barbatia parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  38. Species Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819) (nomen oblitum)
  39. Species Arca plicata Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817)
  40. Species Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817) (superseded combination)
  41. Species Arca sculpturata (W. H. Turton, 1932) accepted as Barbatia sculpturata W. H. Turton, 1932
  42. Species Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  43. Species Arca tenella Reeve, 1844 accepted as Calloarca tenella (Reeve, 1844) (original combination)
  44. Species Arca tetragona Poli, 1795 accepted as Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795) (basionym)
  45. Species Arca tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  46. Species Arca truncata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Lamarcka truncata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (unaccepted combination)
  47. Species Arca turbatrix P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993 accepted as Lamarcka avellana turbatrix (P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Arca uropigimelana Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Anadara uropigimelana (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) (original combination)
  49. Species Arca vellicata Reeve, 1844 accepted as Anadara vellicata (Reeve, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  50. Species Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819) (basionym)
  51. Species Arca reticulata Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2024-03-19
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2012-06-23 08:05:40Z
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2017-10-27 19:29:48Z
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2019-08-05 02:32:28Z
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2024-01-31 09:04:37Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

taxonomy source Vermeij G., Amano K. (2021). The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 135(2): 42–46. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]   

additional source Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 121 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Lamy, E. (1907). Révision des <i>Arca</i> vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 55(1): 1-111, pl. 1 [15 June 1907]; 55(3): 199-307, pl. 3 [25 September 1907]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292971 [details]   

additional source 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]   

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1945). Opinion 189. Suspension of the rules for <i>Arca</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Pelecypoda, Order Filibranchiata). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 3 (8): 93-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34653550 [details]   
 
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