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Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 138788

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Arcidae (Family) > Arca (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Cibota Mörch, 1853
Daphnoderma Poli, 1795
Parent Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details]

basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

additional source: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian midhja varkë e noes  [details]
Catalan peu de cabrit  [details]
English Noah's arch  [details]
French arche de Noe  [details]
German Arche Noah-Muschel  [details]
Italian arca di Noè  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Καλόγνωμη  [details]
Polish arka Noego  [details]
Spanish arca de Noé  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cape Verde [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Gabès [details]
Italy [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Menzel Jemil [details]
Salambôo [details]
South West Coast of Apulia [details]
Tabarka [details]
Tanzania [details]
Tunis Gulf [details]
Tunis Lagoon [details]
Zembra [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Note  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
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Arca noae
Arca noae
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138788
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-04-12 13:32:24Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2008-03-12 15:15:40Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138788 on 2013-05-18
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