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Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)

751302  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751302)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arca tetragona Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 137-138, pl. 25 fig. 12-13 [details]   
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, ranging from West Africa north to 69.5° N  
Distribution Northeast Atlantic, ranging from West Africa north to 69.5° N [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751302 on 2024-09-19
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original description  (of Arca tetragona Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 137-138, pl. 25 fig. 12-13 [details]   

original description  (of Arca britannica Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Arca</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2: December 1843; 3-4: January 1844; 5-8: February 1844; 9-12: March 1844; 13-14: April 1844; 15-16: May 1844; 17: June 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937002
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 98 [details]   

original description  (of Arca cardissa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 38 [details]   

original description  (of Arca argenvillea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 311; pl. 12 fig. 172 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Arca fusca Donovan, 1803) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 158 fig. 3-4; note: ex Solander ms.  [details]   

original description  (of Tetrarca imbricata ibizenca F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp. [details]   

basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]   

status source Vermeij, G.; Amano, K. (2021). The genera <i>Tetrarca</i> (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), <i>Arca</i>, and <i>Lamarcka</i>, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific <i>Tetrarca boucardi</i> (Bivalvia: Arcidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 135(2): 42–46. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Northeast Atlantic, ranging from West Africa north to 69.5° N [details]
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English tetragonal ark shell [from synonym]tetragonal ark [from synonym]ark-shell [from synonym]  [details]
German Vierkantige Archenmuschel [from synonym]  [details]