Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae > Genus Arca

Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arca*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Arca (Arca)*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Species group names

*Arca noe*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Arca noae var. suprapectinata*	Coen, 1929	synonym
*Arca noe var. abbreviata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca noe var. albida*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. arcuata*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. atra*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. bifurcata*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. clausa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca noe var. expansa*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. immensa*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. ktenasi*	Sakellariou, 1958	synonym
*Arca noe var. latipes*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. maravelakisi*	Sakellariou, 1958	synonym
*Arca noe var. pessima*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. sandalina*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. stricta*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. suprapectinata*	Coen, 1929	synonym
*Arca noe var. transversa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Arca noe var. truncatula*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. typica*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym
*Arca noe var. ventricosa*	Monterosato, 1916	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja varkë e noes sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: peu de cabrit sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: Noah's arch; Noah's ark; Noah's ark shell sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: arche de Noe sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Arche Noah; Arche Noah-Muschel; Archenmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Καλόγνωμη sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: arca di Noè sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Polish: arka Noego

Spanish, Castillian: arca de Noé

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 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	Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18.
additional source	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916].
additional source	Peharda, M., D. Ezgeta-Balic, J. Davenport & N. Vrgoc. (2013). The potential for aquaculture of the bearded horse mussel (Modiolus barbatus) and Noah's Ark shell (Arca noae) in southern Croatia. Aquaculture International 21(3):639-653.
additional source	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.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138788