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Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969 
AphiaID: 510999

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Arcidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Arca tetragona Poli, 1795 (type by original designation)
Parent Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Source  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]

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Species Tetrarca imbricata (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789
Images 
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 02)
[image from typetaxon]
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 02)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Pelseneer (1911, pl. 03)
[image from typetaxon]
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 03)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Arca tetragona Poli, 1795Specimen from Fuengirola, S. Spain (actual size 17.3 mm)
[image from typetaxon]
Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Specimen from Fuengirola, S. Spain (actual size 17.3 mm)
added on 2010-07-04 - author: Gofas, Serge
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2010-07-04 13:39:50

Arca tetragona Poli, 1795Right valve from Gorringe seamount, 36°32'N - 11°34'W, 93-96 m, 'Seamount 1' DW04 (actual size 11.3 mm)
[image from typetaxon]
Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Right valve from Gorringe seamount, 36°32'N - 11°34'W, 93-96 m, 'Seamount 1' DW04 (actual size 11.3 mm)
added on 2010-07-05 - author: Gofas, Serge
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2010-07-05 23:01:02

Arca tetragona
[image from typetaxon]
Arca tetragona
added on 2012-07-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510999
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-09-01 10:13:04Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 12:11:24Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2010-10-27 11:09:18Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2012-01-01 17:22:30Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2012-02-05 08:49:57Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Huber, M. (2013). Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510999 on 2013-05-20
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