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Acar Gray, 1857 
AphiaID: 206083

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Arcidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Byssoarca divaricata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Sources  additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Acar abdita Oliver & Chesney, 1994
Species Acar agulhasensis (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931)
Species Acar bailyi Bartsch, 1931
Species Acar botanica (Hedley, 1917)
Species Acar carditaeformis (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
Species Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Acar congenita (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Acar decorata (Hayami & Kase, 1993)
Species Acar domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Acar dubia (Baird, 1873)
Species Acar gradata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Acar lepidoformis Francisco, Barros & Lima, 2012
Species Acar marsupialis Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Species Acar naturezae Francisco, Barros & Lima, 2012
Species Acar oliveirae Francisco, Barros & Lima, 2012
Species Acar olivercoseli Huber, 2010
Species Acar petasion (Kilburn, 1983)
Species Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Acar pusilla (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Species Acar requiescens (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Acar rostae (Berry, 1954)
Species Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
Species Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Species Acar squamosa (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Acar transmar Simone, 2009

Species Acar reticulata (Gmelin, 1791) (nomen dubium)

Species Acar asperula (Dall, 1881) accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Species Acar hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Acar iota Iredale, 1939 accepted as Acar congenita (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Acar laysana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Acar pulchella (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Species Acar reticulata auct. non Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206083
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2001-12-08 16:06:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2012-01-04 17:55:52Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Acar Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206083 on 2013-05-22
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