Tetrarca tetragona
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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subject: Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751302 on 2026-08-01
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modified: 2021-11-08T09:06:35Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)
class: Bivalvia
family: Arcidae
genus: Tetrarca
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus Arca. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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].
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: 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. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5.
name published in: 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].
name published in: Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
name published in: Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh.
name published in year: 1795
name published in year: 1843-1844
name published in year: 1819
name published in year: 1826 - 1827
name published in year: 1799-1804
name published in year: 1969
name published in year: 1839
order: Arcida
parent name usage ID: 510999
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Poli, 1795)
specific epithet: tetragona
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted