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Arca (Arca)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Arca) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Arca by Woodring (1925), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935), Reinhart (1937), Reinhart (1943), Hall (1964), Olsson (1967), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Adegoke (1977), Dockery (1982), Moore (1983), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires (1991), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Squires (1999), Matsubara (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Subtaxa
Arca (Arca) accra, Arca (Arca) filewiczi, Arca (Arca) givensi, Arca (Arca) gonzalesi, Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis, Arca (Arca) hawleyi, Arca (Arca) kelirensis, Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba, Arca (Arca) menengtengana, Arca (Arca) patagonica, Arca (Arca) petropolitana, Arca (Arca) santamariensis, Arca (Arca) sisquocensis, Arca (Arca) subcalcarea, Arca (Arca) suspecta, Arca (Arca) williamsoni, Arca (Arca) yaquensis, Arca turonica
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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Arca (Arca) Linnaeus
1925Arca (Arca) Woodring p. 28
1931Arca (Arca) Grant, IV and Gale p. 137
1935Arca (Arca) Oostingh p. 131
1937Arca (Arca) Reinhart p. 181
1943Arca (Arca) Reinhart p. 14
1964Arca (Arca) Hall, Jr. p. 87
1967Arca (Arca) Olsson p. 6
1972Arca (Arca) Hertlein and Grant p. 153
1977Arca (Arca) Adegoke p. 218
1982Arca (Arca) Dockery p. 29
1983Arca (Arca) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88
1983Arca (Arca) Moore p. A31
1991Arca (Arca) Squires p. 68
1995Arca (Arca) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 175
1999Arca (Arca) Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 17
1999Arca (Arca) Squires p. 23
2002Arca (Arca) Matsubara p. 134
2003Arca (Arca) Mandic and Steininger p. 274

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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
genusArca
subgenusArcaLinnaeus 1758

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 (Arca) Linnaeus 1758
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†Arca (Arca) accra Cox 1952
†Arca (Arca) filewiczi Squires 1991
†Arca (Arca) givensi Squires 1991
†Arca (Arca) gonzalesi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Arca (Arca) hawleyi Reinhart 1943
†Arca (Arca) kelirensis Martin 1916
†Arca (Arca) patagonica Ihering 1897
†Arca (Arca) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause 1957
†Arca (Arca) santamariensis Reinhart 1937
†Arca (Arca) sisquocensis Reinhart 1937
†Arca (Arca) subcalcarea Oostingh 1941
†Arca (Arca) suspecta Olsson 1964
†Arca (Arca) williamsoni Olsson 1967
†Arca (Arca) yaquensis Maury 1917
†Arca turonica Dujardin 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height114.0

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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 17:09:41
Modified: 2009-09-09 11:04:20
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 149.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Arca pencki, Arca fruthi (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Arca fruthi (57157) Arca pencki (57791)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Arca accra (7791)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Arca hatchetigbeensis (80785 80792 90039 90143 90609 194354)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Arca filewiczi (207312) Arca givensi (207314)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Arca petropolitana (41430)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Arca petropolitana (90656) Arca sp. (205480 205485)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Arca grammatodonta (60985 61100) Arca kendrickensis (61072)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Arca patagonica (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Arca turoniensis (241058)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Arca patagonica (78425)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Arca patagonica (71539 71540 71542 185967)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Arca grundensis (77402)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Arca sp. (74959) Arca yaquensis (74958)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Arca kelirensis (70081)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Arca sp. (68294)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Cyprus Arca turonica (71880)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Arca turonica, Arca turoniensis (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Arca turonica, Arca turoniensis (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Arca yaquensis (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Arca turonica (71883 71885)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Arca lomasdesamba (58870) Arca yaquensis (58869)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Arca stillicidum (60111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Arca sp., Arca subcalcarea (70083)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Arca santamariensis (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Arca santamariensis (195031)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Arca sp. (75039)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Arca menengtengana (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Arca sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Arca suspecta (60771 60772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Arca sisquocensis, Arca santamariensis (122281)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Arca menengtengana (84523 84544 84546)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Arca sp. (69089 69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Arca menengtengana (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Arca williamsoni (79761)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (122752 189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Arca sp. (79983 135885)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (217010)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (36867)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (189765 189766) Arca sisquocensis, Arca santamariensis (189768)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (37940 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (203113 203118 207886)