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Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844)

AphiaID

241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Arctica Schumacher, 1817 (type by original designation)

Parent

Arcticoidea R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844)

Original name

Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844)

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Genus Arctica Schumacher, 1817
Genus Cyprina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Arctica Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Newton, R.B. (1891). Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. London, British Museum, xxviii + 365 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19997637
page(s): XII, 295 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241 on 2025-08-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241 on 2025-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-02-04 10:16:53Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

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Gofas, Serge

2023-11-26 08:23:04Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2024-02-25 02:21:39Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-09-29 08:51:41Z

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Schneider, Simon

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original description Newton, R.B. (1891). Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. London, British Museum, xxviii + 365 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19997637
page(s): XII, 295 [details]

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

additional source Boss, K. J. (1969). Nomenclatorial Note: Arcticidae versus Cyprinidae (Mollusca; Bivalvia). The Nautilus. 83(2): 61-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515329 [details]