Lunarca
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Dekker, Henk
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415584 on 2026-08-01
created: 2009-09-23T16:01:30Z
modified: 2024-03-10T18:00:47Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842
class: Bivalvia
family: Arcidae
genus: Lunarca
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p.
name published in: McLean, R. A. 1951. The Pelecypoda or bivalve mollusks of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 17: 1-183.
name published in year: 1842
name published in year: 1951
order: Arcida
parent name usage ID: 208
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: J. E. Gray, 1842
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted