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Arca (Arca)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

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
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 150.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Arca pencki, Arca fruthi (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Arca fruthi (57157) Arca pencki (57791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Arca accra (7791)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Arca filewiczi (207312) Arca givensi (207314)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Arca hatchetigbeensis (80785 80792 90039 90143 90609 194354)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Arca petropolitana (41430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Arca petropolitana (90656) Arca sp. (205480 205485)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Arca patagonica (48068)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Arca grammatodonta (60985 61100) Arca kendrickensis (61072)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Arca patagonica (78425)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Arca patagonica (71539 71540 71542 185967)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Arca grundensis (77402)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Arca sp. (74959) Arca yaquensis (74958)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Arca sp. (68294)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Arca kelirensis (70081)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Arca yaquensis (58816 58817)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) Arca santamariensis (188305)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Arca stillicidum (60111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Arca sp., Arca subcalcarea (70083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Arca lomasdesamba (58870) Arca yaquensis (58869)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Arca santamariensis (195031)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Arca sp. (75039)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Arca sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Arca menengtengana (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Arca suspecta (60771 60772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Arca menengtengana (84523 84544 84546)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Arca sisquocensis, Arca santamariensis (122281)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Arca williamsoni (79761)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Arca sp. (69089 69090 69094) Arca yaquensis (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Arca menengtengana (70084)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Arca sp. (79983 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (189542)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (217010)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (California) Arca sisquocensis (36867)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (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)