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Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 153018

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Arcidae (Family) > Arca (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (original combination)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
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: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagasar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [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]

source of synonymy: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch arkschelp  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 
Variety Arca lactea var. erythrea Issel, 1869 accepted as Striarca erythraea (Issel, 1869)
Variety Arca lactea var. gibba Krauss, 1848 accepted as Striarca pisolina (Lamarck, 1819)
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution De Panne [details]
Koksijde [details]
Madagascar [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Image 
Eben (1884, plaat 4)
Eben (1884, plaat 4)
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153018
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-11-19 08:29:14Z  checked  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2013). Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153018 on 2013-05-24
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