WoRMS name details

Arca tetragona Poli, 1795

138789  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138789)

 unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]   
Note not stated [inferred as southern Italy or...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality not stated [inferred as southern Italy or Sicily from scope of original publication] [details]
Type locality not stated [inferred as Southern Italy or Sicily rom scope of publication] [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Mauritania; Canary Is., Madeira, and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Josephine,...  
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Mauritania; Canary Is., Madeira, and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Josephine, Ampère and Seine seamounts, common in 70-325 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Arca tetragona Poli, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138789 on 2024-10-12
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original description 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]   

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]   

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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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Biology Type of larval development: unknown [details]

Diagnosis Shell of medium size, up to 25 mm, convex, with a marked quadrangular shape, the apex located near the anterior one-third. Posterior margin with two marked angles, one terminating the cardinal line and the other terminating a sharp keel which runs from the umbo to the posteroventral angle. Cardinal line covering almost the entire length of the shell, straight and thin, with tiny and numerous teeth which increase markedly in size and become oblique towards the ends. Umbos very swollen, broadly separated from the cardinal line, the concave area between the umbo and hinge marked with triangular patches of brown material, corresponding to the ligament. External sculpture of radial ribs, which decrease in size from the anterior part to the posterior keel, and are definitely stronger on the surface posterior to the keel. Ventral margin smooth, a notch in the middle giving way to a massive byssus which is fixed to the substrate. External colour brownish, without zig-zag markings unlike other species of the genus [details]

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Mauritania; Canary Is., Madeira, and the Azores; Mediterranean.
Gorringe, Josephine, Ampère and Seine seamounts, common in 70-325 m. [details]

Type locality not stated [inferred as southern Italy or Sicily from scope of original publication] [details]

Type locality not stated [inferred as Southern Italy or Sicily rom scope of publication] [details]

Unverified
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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English tetragonal ark shelltetragonal arkark-shell  [details]
German Vierkantige Archenmuschel  [details]