Synonyms: Calloarcinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Hawaiarcinae Noda 1986, Porteriinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
Parent taxon: Arcidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, del Rio 1992, Dockery 1982, Gardner 1945, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Hall 1964, Matsubara et al. 2010, Moore 1983, Olsson 1967, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Reinhart 1943, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1987, Tiwari 2001, Vermeij and Amano 2021 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Ambrogia, Anadarinae, Angulararca, Asperarca, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Bentharca, Coraliarca, Fugleria, Karasuarca, Kikaiarca, Litharcinae, Noetiinae, Palestinarca, Quadrilatera, Rostarca
Subtaxa: Acar Arca Calloarca Destacar Eonavicula Epitrisis Lamarcka Mimarcaria Miratacar Nipponarca Opularca Plagiarca Thronacar Trisidos
Type: Arca
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (8), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (10), Brazil (1), Cape Verde (1), Cayman Islands (2), Costa Rica (5), Cuba (6), Djibouti (6), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (3), Egypt (3), Eritrea (4), France (3), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (3), India (4), Ireland (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (7), Kenya (6), the Marshall Islands (1), Mayotte (2), Mexico (9), Morocco (9), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (3), Peru (1), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (4), Spain (5), Sudan (1), Taiwan (4), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (41: California, Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina), Venezuela (4), Yemen (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Ethiopia (1), Malaysia (3), Mexico (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (3), Chile (1), Colombia (4), Costa Rica (4), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), Greece (3), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (13), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (7), Spain (5), Trinidad and Tobago (9), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: Alaska, California, Florida), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (8), Argentina (7), Australia (3), Austria (1), Brazil (4), Bulgaria (4), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (3), the Dominican Republic (8), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Haiti (7), Hungary (1), India (17), Indonesia (12), Iran (2), Israel (1), Italy (8), Malta (2), Mexico (3), Moldova (5), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (2), Pakistan (7), Panama (8), Papua New Guinea (3), Peru (4), the Philippines (2), Poland (8), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (1), Spain (6), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), United States (25: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (10: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (2), France (5), Germany (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (2), the Russian Federation (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Australia (5), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (6), Colombia (2), Croatia (1), France (4), Germany (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (10), Pakistan (4), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (111: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (5), Denmark (2), Egypt (2), France (1), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (15: Alabama, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Austria (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Denmark (3), Egypt (4), France (20), Germany (6), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (8), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (5), Peru (1), Poland (6), Portugal (3), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (13), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (104: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), France (31), Germany (7), India (10), Iran (2), Jordan (1), Kenya (2), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (6), Romania (1), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (8), the United Kingdom (11), Yemen (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (3), Italy (9), Peru (1)
• Permian of Italy (2), Madagascar (1)
Total: 1045 collections including 1366 occurrences