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Arca Linnaeus, 1758

137670  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137670)

accepted
Genus
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Arca (Arca) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
Species Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789
Species Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758
Species Arca tetragona Poli, 1795

Species Arca fusca [Lightfoot], 1786 (nomen dubium, synonym)
Species Arca pallens Linnaeus, 1758 (nomen dubium)
Species Arca pulchella Gmelin, 1791 (nomen dubium)
Species Arca weinkauffi Crosse, 1862 (nomen dubium)

Subgenus Arca (Arca) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Subgenus Arca (Barbatia) Gray, 1842 accepted as Barbatia Gray, 1842
Species Arca amygdalum Philippi, 1845 accepted as Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (invalid: junior homonym of Arca amygdalum Link, 1807)
Species Arca argenvillea Risso, 1826 accepted as Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Species Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814) (original combination)
Species Arca barbata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca bimaculata Poli, 1795 accepted as Glycymeris bimaculata (Poli, 1795) (original combination)
Species Arca bonnaniana Risso, 1826 accepted as Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca britannica Reeve, 1844 accepted as Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Species Arca cardissa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Species Arca clathrata Defrance, 1816 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816) (original combination)
Species Arca corbuloides Monterosato, 1881 accepted as Anadara corbuloides (Monterosato, 1881)
Species Arca crinita Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca endemica Dall, 1908 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Species Arca fragilis Chemnitz, 1784 accepted as Saccella commutata (Philippi, 1844) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Deshayes, 1858)
Species Arca frielei Friele, 1877 accepted as Bathyarca frielei (Friele, 1877)
Species Arca fusca Donovan, 1803 accepted as Arca tetragona Poli, 1795 (synonym)
Species Arca gaimardi Payraudeau, 1826 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca gibbosa Reeve, 1844 accepted as Anadara gibbosa (Reeve, 1844)
Species Arca glacialis J.E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Bathyarca glacialis (Gray, 1824)
Species Arca glycymeris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Arca grenophia Risso, 1826 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Species Arca imbricata Poli, 1795 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816) (junior homonym of Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789)
Species Arca inaequisculpta E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Arca insubrica Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca interrupta Poli, 1795 accepted as Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca kagoshimensis Tokunaga, 1906 accepted as Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (original combination)
Species Arca koreni Danielssen, 1859 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
Species Arca lactanea S. V. Wood, 1840 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Arca margaritacea Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca merilla Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Arca minima W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Arca multistriata Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 accepted as Oblimopa multistriata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) accepted as Limopsis (Oblimopa) multistriata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) represented as Limopsis multistriata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Species Arca natalensis F. Krauss, 1848 accepted as Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Arca nodulosa O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Arca noe [sic] accepted as Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling of Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Arca obliqua Philippi, 1844 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) (invalid: junior homonym of Arca obliqua Portlock, 1843)
Species Arca obliquata Locard, 1899 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Species Arca obliquatula Dautzenberg, 1927 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Species Arca partannensis Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Arca pectunculoides Scacchi, 1835 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) (original combination)
Species Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca pennantiana Leach in Gray, 1852 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca peregrina Libassi, 1859 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Arca perforans W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca pernula Müller, 1779 accepted as Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Species Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Species Arca pilosa Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Glycymeris pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
Species Arca pirpa Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Arca polii Mayer, 1868 accepted as Anadara gibbosa (Reeve, 1844)
Species Arca profundicola Verrill & S. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Species Arca pteroessa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Species Arca pulchella Reeve, 1844 accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816) (preoccupied by Arca pulchella Gmelin, 1791)
Species Arca quoyi Payraudeau, 1826 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca reticulata W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Arca reticulata Risso, 1826 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Arca rosea Nardo, 1847 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arca scabra Poli, 1795 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Arca scripta Born, 1778 accepted as Glycymeris scripta (Born, 1778) (original combination)
Species Arca striata Reeve, 1844 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: junior homonym of Arca lactea Gmelin, 1791)
Species Arca sulcosa van Hyning, 1946 accepted as Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
Species Arca talismani Locard, 1898 accepted as Anadara gibbosa (Reeve, 1844)
Species Arca tenuis Montagu, 1808 accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808) (original combination)
Species Arca transversa Say, 1822 accepted as Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
marine
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2021-09-26
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021). European Register of Marine Species. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2021-09-26
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-06-23 08:05:40Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-10-27 19:29:48Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-08-05 02:32:28Z
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Marshall, Bruce

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). <i>Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer</i>. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer. xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 20 [details]   

additional source Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 121 [details]   

additional source Lamy, E. (1907). Révision des <i>Arca</i> vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie</i.</em> 55: 1-111, 199-307; pl. 1, 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292971 [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1945). Opinion 189. Suspension of the rules for <i>Arca</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Pelecypoda, Order Filibranchiata). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 3 (8): 93-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34653550 [details]   
 
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