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Arca noae

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

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

It was recombined as Arca (Arca) noae by Jung (1965).

Subspecies

A. biangulina

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
1758	Arca noae Linnaeus
1965	Arca (Arca) noae Jung p. 420
2021	Arca noae Vermeij and Amano p. 43

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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	noae	Linnaeus 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.

Arca noae Linnaeus 1758

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†Arca noae biangulina d'Orbigny 1852

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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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Italy	Arca noae (178108 178110)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Bulgaria	Arca noae (60288 60289 60292)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Poland	Arca noae (51689 51690 51691)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Greece	Arca noae (72305)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Hungary	Arca noae (34739)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Moldova	Arca noae (78643 78644 78646 78647 78648)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Cyprus	Arca noae (34690 71902)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Greece	Arca noae (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	Spain	Arca noae (69788 69789)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	Arca noae (70786 70863 70864 70881)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Morocco	Arca noae (69860)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	Arca noae (70513 168730)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	Arca noae (78338)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Spain	Arca noae (71910)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Portugal	Arca noae (152330)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Greece	Arca noae (72318)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Cyprus	Arca noae (34689)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	South Africa (Cape)	Arca noae (179485)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Spain	Arca noae (71909 71911)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Greece	Arca noae (72414 72415)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Italy (Emilia-Romagna)	Arca noae (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	South Africa (Western Cape)	Arca noae (118311)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Italy (Livorno)	Arca noae (173663)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	France	Arca noae (56803 56806)