Parent taxon: Arca according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Dockery 1982, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 1964, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Matsubara 2002, Moore 1983, Olsson 1967, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Reinhart 1937, Squires 1991, Squires 1999 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Arca (Argina), Arca (Byssoarca), Arca (Fossularca), Arca (Tosarca), Arca abrupta, Arca aldrichi, Arca angusta, Arca arcta, Arca augusta, Arca avellana, Arca aviculoides, Arca azzarolae, Arca bailyi, Arca bavarica, Arca bezanconi, Arca biangula, Arca blanfordi, Arca brahminica, Arca caelata, Arca camaronesia, Arca capulopsis, Arca cardiiformis, Arca cardioides, Arca chevallieri, Arca choffati, Arca cholana, Arca clarki, Arca clathrata, Arca clellandi, Arca cordata, Arca coxi, Arca cultrata, Arca dalli, Arca debilis, Arca delandensis, Arca divaricata, Arca douvillei, Arca feddeni, Arca formosissima, Arca fuscoides, Arca galei, Arca geulemensis, Arca harrisi, Arca hispida, Arca holmesii, Arca impavida, Arca imperialis, Arca incerta, Arca interrupta, Arca japetica, Arca kannegieteri, Arca koerti, Arca labiata, Arca lactea, Arca larkhanaensis, Arca lata, Arca laudunensis, Arca leopoliensis, Arca limula, Arca mcnairyensis, Arca mekranica, Arca microdonta, Arca miliacea, Arca minuata, Arca mutabilis, Arca nannodes, Arca negata, Arca newtoni, Arca nitida, Arca nuda, Arca obeidi, Arca ovata, Arca pacifica, Arca pantheonensis, Arca particularis, Arca peethensis, Arca perpectinata, Arca perradiata, Arca prephina, Arca procumbens, Arca protracta, Arca pseudoantiquata, Arca pseudonavicularis, Arca quadrilatera, Arca radiata, Arca rudis, Arca salomonensis, Arca sandbergeri, Arca silverdalensis, Arca sisquocensis, Arca socialis, Arca spiekeri, Arca squamosa, Arca striatula, Arca stricklandi, Arca subfiligrana, Arca sublata, Arca submultiformis, Arca sulcicosta, Arca syracusensis, Arca tetragona, Arca tirolensis, Arca tjidamarensis, Arca uhligi, Arca valdensis, Arca valdiviana, Arca vanholsti, Arca vaughani, Arca ventricosa, Arca wagneriana, Arca washingtoniana, Arca zebra, Scapharca zorritensis, Navicula tutamoensis
Subtaxa: Arca (Arca) aquila Arca (Arca) boucardi Arca (Arca) bowdeniana Arca (Arca) filewiczi Arca (Arca) givensi Arca (Arca) gonzalesi Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis Arca (Arca) hawleyi Arca (Arca) imbricata Arca (Arca) kelirensis Arca (Arca) leptogrammica Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba Arca (Arca) menengtengana Arca (Arca) navicularis Arca (Arca) noae Arca (Arca) patagonica Arca (Arca) petropolitana Arca (Arca) praeboucardi Arca (Arca) sakamizuensis Arca (Arca) santamariensis Arca (Arca) subcalcarea Arca (Arca) subprotracta Arca (Arca) suspecta Arca (Arca) uedai Arca (Arca) williamsoni Arca (Arca) yaquensis
Type: Arca noae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (3), Djibouti (4), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (3), Eritrea (4), France (2), Haiti (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (7), Kenya (1), Mozambique (1), Panama (1), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), United States (7: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Cyprus (1), Ecuador (2), Greece (3), Haiti (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Japan (3), Panama (3), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Trinidad and Tobago (6), United States (4: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Argentina (4), Austria (1), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (3), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (7), Fiji (1), Greece (2), Haiti (3), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Moldova (5), Morocco (1), Panama (2), Poland (3), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), United States (9: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (7: Florida)
• Oligocene of Japan (1), Puerto Rico (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Japan (2), United States (12: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Jurassic of Germany (3)
Total: 198 collections including 211 occurrences