African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819

AfReMaS name details

Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819

AphiaID

215248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215248)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Lamarcka Vermeij & Amano, 2021

Parent

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819

Synonymised names

Anadara maculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted

Arca kraussii Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Arca maculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Subspecies Arca avellana turbatrix P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993 accepted as Lamarcka avellana turbatrix (P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993) (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 38 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215248 on 2026-10-02

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215248 on 2026-10-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-08-14 16:02:49Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-19 08:53:28Z

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Huber, Markus

2018-03-03 16:17:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2021-11-08 08:06:35Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2021-11-20 08:44:19Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 38 [details]

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). The Nautilus. 135(2): 42–46. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Sheppard, A. (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs. 3 (1): 43-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00306139 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 205 [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source Kilburn, R. N. (1983). The Recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 25(2): 511-548., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/25/2/AJA03040798_499
page(s): 514. [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]