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Taxonomy
Arca (Fossularca) was named by Cossmann (1887). It is extant.
It was Barbatia (Fossularca) by Dall (1898); it was reranked as Fossularca by DuBar (1958).
It was assigned to Barbatia by Dall (1898); to Arca by Cossmann and Pissarro (1906); and to Arcidae by DuBar (1958).
It was Barbatia (Fossularca) by Dall (1898); it was reranked as Fossularca by DuBar (1958).
It was assigned to Barbatia by Dall (1898); to Arca by Cossmann and Pissarro (1906); and to Arcidae by DuBar (1958).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Arca acompsa, Arca aequitorialis, Arca afra, Arca afra, Arca afra, Arca aquisgranensis, Arca aresta, Arca articulata, Arca aspera, Arca aubersonensis, Arca autissiodorensis, Arca bellonii, Arca bladensis, Arca bravoensis, Arca brongniarti, Arca buenavistana, Arca callipleura, Arca campichiana, Arca cancellata, Arca carinata, Arca carteroni, Arca charanensis, Arca chaudharii, Arca chavani, Arca chemnitzii, Arca compacta, Arca complanata, Arca consobrina, Arca cornueliana, Arca cossmanni, Arca cottaldina, Arca cruciata, Arca cymadoce, Arca dalmatina, Arca decipiens, Arca dilatata, Arca dodona, Arca dubisiensis, Arca dupiniana, Arca elegans, Arca enfaulensis, Arca ernae, Arca fennemai, Arca ficalhoi, Arca fruthi, Arca gabrielis, Arca gabrielis, Arca gambiensis, Arca girondica, Arca glabra, Arca golfoyaquensis, Arca grammatodonta, Arca grandis, Arca granulatoradiata, Arca grundensis, Arca gunteri, Arca gurgitis, Arca halmyrus, Arca halmyrus, Arca helblingii, Arca hugardiana, Arca hypomela, Arca idonea, Arca idonea, Arca illota, Arca imbricata, Arca imbricata, Arca impolita, Arca improcera, Arca improcera, Arca inequilateralis, Arca initiator, Arca jaccardi, Arca juliana, Arca juliania, Arca junghuhni, Arca keideli, Arca kendrickensis, Arca knechteli, Arca larkini, Arca latidentata, Arca latidentata, Arca limatella, Arca lineata, Arca macnairyensis, Arca marrullensis, Arca martindalensis, Arca maruellensis, Arca marullensis, Arca megumbona, Arca melaviensis, Arca metastrebla, Arca mikkula, Arca mikkula, Arca millvillensis, Arca montensis, Arca montensis, Arca montereyensis, Arca moreana, Arca morrumbenenesis, Arca multidentata, Arca mytiloides, Arca nana, Arca neocomiensis, Arca nivea, Arca nivea, Arca nodosa, Arca noe, Arca obesa, Arca obliqua, Arca obliquata, Arca pakistanica, Arca paratina, Arca pencki, Arca pergracilis, Arca pilula, Arca pilula, Arca prolata, Arca propearesta, Arca propinqua, Arca pulla, Arca puntaensis, Arca quindecemradiata, Arca raulini, Arca retciulata, Arca retractata, Arca rhomboidalis, Arca rostellata, Arca rutimeyeri, Arca sakondryensis, Arca sanctacrucis, Arca sanctae-crucis, Arca scapha, Arca schweinfirthi, Arca schweinfurthi, Arca securiculata, Arca securis, Arca shinanoensis, Arca singewaldi, Arca singewaldi, Arca sinjdica, Arca spencer, Arca speyeri, Arca staminata, Arca staminata, Arca stillicidum, Arca strangulata, Arca subcrenata, Arca subnana, Arca subrotracta, Arca subtijidamarensis, Arca subvelata, Arca tailleburgensis, Arca tashiroi, Arca tashiroi, Arca tauroclathrata, Arca tenuidentata, Arca texata, Arca thalia, Arca toroensis, Arca toroensis, Arca transversa, Arca triasina, Arca triboleti, Arca trigeri, Arca umbonaria, Arca umbonata, Arca uniformis, Arca uropygmelana, Arca veatchi, Arca vellicata, Arca vetula, Arca villersensis, Arca waltonia, Arca yaquensis, Arca zapotalensis, Arca zapotalensis, Arca zebra, Arca zebra, Arca zenophoricola, Arca zorritosensis, Fossularca lissa, Fossularca pectenculiformis, Fossularca pectunculiformis, Fossularca quadrilatera, Fossularca scapulina, Fossularca sculptilis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Arca (Fossularca) Cossmann p. 138 |
| 1898 | Barbatia (Fossularca) Dall pp. 629-630 |
| 1906 | Arca (Fossularca) Cossmann and Pissarro |
| 1958 | Fossularca DuBar p. 155 |
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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.
Subg. Arca (Fossularca) Cossmann 1887
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†Barbatia (Fossularca) ovalina Dall 1898
Subg. †Fossularca (Fossularca) Cossmann 1887
†Fossularca africana Newton 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Fossularca africana (51237 51238 51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51244 51245 51246) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Fossularca quadrilatera, Fossularca lissa, Fossularca scapulina (3494) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Fossularca sculptilis (72033) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Arca afra (127637) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Arca afra (96787) |