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Arca clathrata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca clathrata was named by Reeve (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

Subspecies

A. burnesi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. bellonii, A. bravoensis, A. cancellata, A. carinata, A. gurgitis, A. limatella, A. macnairyensis, A. montensis, A. nana, A. pakistanica, A. pergracilis, A. securiculata, A. tailleburgensis, A. triasina, A. halmyrus, A. montensis, A. fruthi, A. stillicidum, A. mikkula, A. waltonia, A. fracta, A. gabrielis, A. veatchi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1844	Arca clathrata Reeve
1928	Arca clathrata Vredenburg p. 411

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Arcinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Arca
species	clathrata	Reeve 1844

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.

Arca clathrata Reeve 1844

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Arca clathrata burnesi d'Archaic 1850

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Pakistan	Arca clathrata (77133 77154)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Papua New Guinea	Arca clathrata (78308)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Papua New Guinea	Arca clathrata (78263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Djibouti	Arca clathrata (96787 96788 96792)