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Arcidae Lamarck, 1809 
AphiaID: 208

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Arcoidea
Sources  additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English ark-shells  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Acar Gray, 1857
Genus Anadara Gray, 1847
Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935
Genus Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamily Arcinae Lamarck, 1809
Genus Asperarca Sacco, 1898
Genus Barbatia Gray, 1842
Genus Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
Subfamily Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Genus Bentharca Verrill & Bush, 1898
Genus Calloarca Gray, 1857
Genus Cucullaearca Conrad, 1865
Genus Deltaodon Barnard, 1962
Genus Destacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Fugleria Reinhart, 1937
Genus Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Genus Litharca Gray, 1842
Subfamily Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946
Genus Lunarca Gray, 1842
Genus Mabellarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
Genus Mimarcaria Iredale, 1939
Genus Miratacar Iredale, 1939
Genus Mosambicarca Lutaenko, 1994
Genus Paranadara Francisco, Barros & Lima, 2012
Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Scapharca J. E. Gray, 1847
Genus Scaphula Benson, 1834
Subfamily Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Genus Senilia Gray, 1842
Genus Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Vitracar Iredale, 1939
Genus Xenophorarca Huber, 2010

Genus Anomalocardia Mörch, 1853 accepted as Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Argina Gray, 1842 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842
Genus Arginarca McLean, 1951 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842
Genus Barbatirus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia Gray, 1842
Genus Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Cara Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Cibota Mörch, 1853 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Cunearca Dall, 1898 accepted as Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898 represented as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Daphnoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Epitrisis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Fossularca Cossmann, 1887 † accepted as Arcopsis Koenen, 1885
Genus Grandiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Granoarca Conrad, 1862 † accepted as Barbatia Gray, 1842
Genus Imparilarca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Indacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bentharca Verrill & Bush, 1898
Genus Larkinia Reinhart, 1935 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
Genus Navicula Blainville, 1825 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Nipponarca Habe, 1951 accepted as Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
Genus Opularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Calloarca Gray, 1857
Genus Paragrammatodon Nomura & Niino, 1940 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Parallelepipedum Mörch, 1850 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Potiarca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Rasia Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Savignyarca Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Barbatia Gray, 1842
Genus Sectiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Thronacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
Genus Trisis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Ustularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia Gray, 1842
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2010-07-09 11:19:22Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Arcidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208 on 2013-05-25
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