Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Tellinidae > Subfamily Tellininae

Arcopagia Brown, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arcopagia (Arcopella)*	Thiele, 1934	synonym; alternate representation
*Arcopella*	Thiele, 1934	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)

Literature

original description	Brown, T. (1827) Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London, 144 pp., 52 pls.
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
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
subsequent type designation	Herrmannsen A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Th. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: I-XXVII, 1-232 [1846] 233-637 [1847]. Vol. 2

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Arcopagia Brown, 1827. 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:138529