PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Arca (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant. Its type is Permophorus costatus. It is the type genus of Arcidae, Arcinae.

It was assigned to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Arcidae by Stanton (1895), Böhm and Weisfermel (1913), Nagao (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Olsson (1931), Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), DuBar (1958), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Woodring (1973), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Squires (1999), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); and to Arcinae by Glenn (1904), Reinhart (1943), Hall (1964), Olsson (1967), da Silva Forti (1969), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Moore (1983), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires (1991), del Rio (1992), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Tiwari (2001), Matsubara (2002) and Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Species

A. (Arca), A. (Byssoarca), A. (Fossularca), A. (Litharca), A. (Tosarca), A. abrupta, A. aldrichi, A. angusta, A. aquila, A. arcta, A. augusta, A. aviculoides, A. azzarolae, A. bavarica, A. bezanconi, A. biangula, A. blanfordi, A. bouvieri, A. brahminica, A. budoensis, A. caelata, A. camaronesia, A. capulopsis, A. cardiiformis, A. cardioides, A. chemnitzi, A. chevallieri, A. choffati, A. cholana, A. clarki, A. clathrata, A. clellandi, A. cordata, A. coxi, A. cultrata, A. dalli, A. debilis, A. delandensis, A. divaricata, A. douvillei, A. feddeni, A. formosissima, A. fuscoides, A. galei, A. geulemensis, A. harrisi, A. hispida, A. holmesii, A. imperialis, A. incerta, A. interrupta, A. japetica, A. kannegieteri, A. koerti, A. koumaci, A. labiata, A. lactea, A. larkhanaensis, A. lata, A. laudunensis, A. leopoliensis, A. limula, A. mcnairyensis, A. mekranica, A. miliacea, A. minuata, A. nannodes, A. navicularis, A. negata, A. newtoni, A. nitida, A. noae, A. nuda, A. obeidi, A. ovata, A. pacifica, A. pantheonensis, A. paratina, A. particularis, A. peethensis, A. perpectinata, A. perradiata, A. prephina, A. protracta, A. pseudoantiquata, A. pseudonavicularis, A. quadrilatera, A. radiata, A. rudis, A. salomonensis, A. sandbergeri, A. silverdalensis, A. socialis, A. spiekeri, A. squamosa, A. striatula, A. stricklandi, A. subfiligrana, A. sublata, A. submultiformis, A. sulcicosta, A. symphenacis, A. syracusensis, A. tirolensis, A. tjidamarensis, A. trapezia, A. uhligi, A. valdensis, A. valdiviana, A. vanholsti, A. vaughani, A. wagneriana, A. zebra, Arcoptera ampla, Arcoptera areata, Arcoptera canaliculata, Arcoptera elegantula, Arcoptera lateareata, Arcoptera schlosseri, Arcoptera vixareata, Arcoptera wagneriana, Navicula tutamoensis, Scapharca zorritensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

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

Synonyms

Arcoptera was named by Bittner (1895). Its type is Arcoptera elegantula.

It was replaced with Elegantarca by Tomlin (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Arca by Vermeij and Amano (2021).
Navicula was named by Blainville (1825) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9907]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Arca (Navicula) by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935) and Abrard (1947); it was synonymized subjectively with Arca by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980).

It was assigned to Arca by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935) and Abrard (1947); and to Arcidae by Jensen (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Arca Linnaeus p. 693
1825	Navicula Blainville p. 216
1895	Arcoptera Bittner
1895	Arca Stanton p. 50
1904	Arca Glenn p. 385
1913	Arca Böhm and Weisfermel p. 63
1928	Arca Nagao p. 26
1931	Arca Grant, IV and Gale p. 137
1931	Arca (Navicula) Grant, IV and Gale p. 142
1931	Arca Olsson p. 38
1935	Arca Oostingh p. 124
1935	Arca (Navicula) Oostingh p. 125
1943	Arca Gardner p. 22
1943	Arca Reinhart p. 14
1944	Arca Durham p. 136
1947	Arca (Navicula) Abrard p. 94
1958	Arca DuBar p. 154
1964	Arca Hall, Jr. p. 87
1967	Arca Olsson p. 6
1969	Arca da Silva Forti p. 65
1972	Arca Hertlein and Grant p. 152
1973	Arca Woodring p. 496
1977	Arca Adegoke p. 218
1980	Arca Vokes p. 11
1982	Arca Dockery p. 29
1983	Arca Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88
1983	Arca Moore p. A31
1991	Arca Squires p. 68
1992	Arca del Rio p. 13
1995	Arca Pacaud and Le Renard p. 175
1996	Navicula Jensen p. 37
1998	Arca Lamprell and Healy p. 44
1999	Arca Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 17
1999	Arca Squires p. 23
2001	Arca Tiwari p. 148
2001	Arca Todd
2002	Arca Matsubara p. 134
2002	Arca Sepkoski
2010	Arca Bouchet et al.
2012	Arca Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 162
2021	Arca Vermeij and Amano p. 43

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
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

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.

G. Arca Linnaeus 1758 [ark]

show all | hide all

Subg. Arca (Arca) Linnaeus 1758

†Arca (Arca) accra Cox 1952

†Arca (Arca) filewiczi Squires 1991

†Arca (Arca) givensi Squires 1991

†Arca (Arca) gonzalesi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983

†Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis Harris 1897

†Arca (Arca) hawleyi Reinhart 1943

†Arca (Arca) kelirensis Martin 1916

†Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba Maury 1917

†Arca (Arca) menengtengana Martin 1910