Synonyms: Barbatiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Bathyarcidae Scarlato and Starobogatov , Bathyarcinae Scarlato and Starobogatov
Parent taxon: Arcoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, El Qot 2006, Gardner 1945, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Isberg 1934, Matsubara et al. 2010, Maxwell 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Olsson 1931, Rivera 1957, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Schnetler et al. 2024, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Squires 1999, Stanton 1895, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Catamarcaiidae, Cucullaeidae, Frejidae, Glycymerididae, Noetiidae, Parallelodontidae
Subtaxa: Ambrogia Anadarinae Angulararca Arcinae Asperarca Barbatia Bathyarca Bentharca Coraliarca Fugleria Karasuarca Kikaiarca Litharcinae Noetiinae Palestinarca Quadrilatera Rostarca
Type: Arca
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder