Deep-Sea taxon details
Arca Linnaeus, 1758
137670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137670)
accepted
Genus
- Species Arca aspera R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814) (original combination)
- Species Arca corpulenta E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bathyarca corpulenta (E. A. Smith, 1885) (superseded combination)
- Species Arca culebrensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Arca dakarensis Locard, 1898 accepted as Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Arca endemica Dall, 1908 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Arca glomerula Dall, 1881 accepted as Bathyarca glomerula (Dall, 1881)
- Species Arca grenophia Risso, 1826 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) (name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1887)
- Species Arca imitata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bathyarca imitata (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Arca inaequalis Dall, 1927 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Arca inaequisculpta E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Arca koreni Danielssen, 1859 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Arca nodulosa O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
- Species Arca norwegica Schröter, 1802 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Arca obliqua R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Arca obliqua Portlock, 1843; Arca philippiana is a replacement name)
- Species Arca obliquata Locard, 1899 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
- Species Arca obliquatula Dautzenberg, 1927 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
- Species Arca orbiculata Dall, 1881 accepted as Bathyarca orbiculata (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Arca pectunculiformis Locard, 1886 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
- Species Arca pectunculoides Scacchi, 1835 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) (original combination)
- Species Arca philippiana Nyst, 1848 accepted as Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
- Species Arca pteroessa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Arca scabra Poli, 1795 accepted as Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Arca verrilli E. Lamy, 1907 accepted as Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Note ICZN Opinion 189 (1945) has set aside all...
Type species ICZN Opinion 189 (1945) has set aside all previous designations of a type species for Arca [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2024-04-26
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2024-04-26
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Vermeij G., Amano K. (2021). The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 135(2): 42–46. [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lamy, E. (1907). Révision des <i>Arca</i> vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 55(1): 1-111, pl. 1 [15 June 1907]; 55(3): 199-307, pl. 3 [25 September 1907]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292971 [details]
additional source 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. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1945). Opinion 189. Suspension of the rules for <i>Arca</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Pelecypoda, Order Filibranchiata). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 3 (8): 93-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34653550 [details]
taxonomy source Vermeij G., Amano K. (2021). The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 135(2): 42–46. [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lamy, E. (1907). Révision des <i>Arca</i> vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 55(1): 1-111, pl. 1 [15 June 1907]; 55(3): 199-307, pl. 3 [25 September 1907]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292971 [details]
additional source 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. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1945). Opinion 189. Suspension of the rules for <i>Arca</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Pelecypoda, Order Filibranchiata). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 3 (8): 93-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34653550 [details]
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Type species ICZN Opinion 189 (1945) has set aside all previous designations of a type species for Arca [details]
