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Lamarcka imbricata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca imbricata was named by Bruguière (1789) [DISTRIBUTION: Micoene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Arca (Arca) imbricata by Olsson (1967) and Jung (1969); it was recombined as Lamarcka imbricata by Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Arca imbricata Bruguière
1819Arca umbonata Lamarck p. 37
1853Arca americana d'Orbigny
1860Arca americana Holmes p. 19
1916Arca umbonata Sheldon p. 8 figs. pl. 1, figs. 12-17
1917Arca umbonata Maury p. 327
1920Arca umbonata Maury p. 6
1922Arca umbonata Olsson p. 182
1925Arca (Arca) umbonata Woodring p. 30
1965Arca (Arca) umbonata Jung p. 420 figs. pl. 51, figs. 2, 4
1967Arca (Arca) imbricata Olsson p. 6
1967Arca (Arca) umbonata Olsson p. 6
1969Arca (Arca) imbricata Jung p. 326
1973Arca imbricata Woodring p. 496
2006Arca imbricata Mikkelsen
2009Arca imbricata Massemin et al. p. 260
2021Lamarcka imbricata Vermeij and Amano p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyArcinaeLamarck 1809
genusLamarcka
speciesimbricata(Bruguière 1789)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789
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†Arca umbonata paezensis Hodson et al. 1927
Invalid names: Arca americana d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym], Arca umbonata Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yessubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-08-18 18:09:02
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:09:02
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico Arca umbonata (80192)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Arca imbricata (93694)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Arca umbonata (60985 61051 61070 61100 61110 61120)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Haiti Arca umbonata (60610 60611)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Arca umbonata (61117)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Arca imbricata (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) Arca imbricata (112600 112601)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Arca imbricata (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Arca umbonata (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Arca umbonata (41760 42250 42290 42328 42482 42605)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Arca imbricata (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Arca imbricata (178112)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Arca imbricata (92452)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Arca imbricata (93043)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Arca imbricata (93147)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Arca umbonata (58867)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Arca imbricata (96520)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Arca imbricata (60412 60414 60415 60644 96517)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Arca umbonata (134655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Arca imbricata (96518)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Arca umbonata (60895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Arca imbricata (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Arca imbricata (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Arca imbricata (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Arca umbonata (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Arca umbonata, Arca imbricata (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) Arca imbricata (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Arca umbonata (79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Arca imbricata (101634)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Arca imbricata (101415 101416 101417)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Arca imbricata (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Arca umbonata (75422 75423)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Arca umbonata (66768 66769 66775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Arca umbonata (60880 60885 60886)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Arca imbricata (67069)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Arca imbricata (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Arca imbricata (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arca umbonata (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Arca imbricata (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Arca imbricata (96787 96789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Arca imbricata (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Arca imbricata (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Arca umbonata (60930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Arca imbricata (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Arca imbricata (80835 80837)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Arca imbricata (97607 97609)