ChaRMS taxon details
Arca Linnaeus, 1758
137670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137670)
accepted
Genus
- Species Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789
- Species Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819) (basionym)
- Species Arca boucardi Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Tetrarca boucardi (Jousseaume, 1894)
- Species Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819) (nomen oblitum)
- Species Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819) (basionym)
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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2025-06-01
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Arca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137670 on 2025-06-01
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy 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
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>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 121 [details]
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 <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
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>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 121 [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
