Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcoida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969 synonym

Children

Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758
Arca tetragona Poli, 1795

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): arkskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: arkskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: arkskjell
 Norwegian Nynorsk: arkskjel
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): arkskjel

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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.

subsequent type designation

ICZN. 1945. Opinion 189. Suspension of the rules for Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Pelecypoda, Order Filibranchiata). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 3(8): 93-108

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Arca Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137670

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2012-06-23 by Philippe Bouchet

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