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Arcidae Lamarck, 1809

208  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208)

accepted
Family
Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 · alternative representation
Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 · alternative representation
Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · alternative representation
Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 · alternative representation
Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · alternative representation

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  1. Genus Acar J. E. Gray, 1857
  2. Genus Ambrogia Malatesta, 1974 †
  3. Genus Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
  4. Genus Arca Linnaeus, 1758
  5. Genus Asperarca Sacco, 1898
  6. Genus Austrocucullaea Zinsmeister, 1988 †
  7. Genus Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842
  8. Genus Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
  9. Genus Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
  10. Genus Calloarca J. E. Gray, 1857
  11. Genus Cucullaearca Conrad, 1865
  12. Genus Deltaodon Barnard, 1962
  13. Genus Destacar Iredale, 1936
  14. Genus Fugleria Reinhart, 1937
  15. Genus Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  16. Genus Indarca Borkar, Kulkarni & Bhattacharjee-Kapoor, 2014 †
  17. Genus Indogrammatodon L. R. Cox, 1937 †
  18. Genus Lamarcka Vermeij & Amano, 2021
  19. Genus Larkinia Reinhart, 1935
  20. Genus Litharca Gray, 1842
  21. Genus Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842
  22. Genus Mabellarca Iredale, 1939
  23. Genus Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
  24. Genus Mimarcaria Iredale, 1939
  25. Genus Miratacar Iredale, 1939
  26. Genus Mosambicarca Lutaenko, 1994
  27. Genus Paranadara Francisco, J. Barros & S. Lima, 2012
  28. Genus Pugilarca Marwick, 1928 †
  29. Genus Rostarca Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 †
  30. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936
  31. Genus Scaphula W. H. Benson, 1834
  32. Genus Senilia Gray, 1842
  33. Genus Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
  34. Genus Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969
  35. Genus Trisidos Röding, 1798
  36. Genus Xenophorarca M. Huber, 2010
  37. Genus Abarbatia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Genus Anomalocardia Mörch, 1853 accepted as Tegillarca Iredale, 1939 (Invalid: junior homonym of Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817)
  39. Genus Argina J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name)
  40. Genus Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951 accepted as Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
  41. Genus Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  42. Genus Caloosarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (synonym)
  43. Genus Cara J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Genus Cibota Mörch, 1853 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Arca)
  45. Genus Coraliarca Habe & Okutani, 1968 accepted as Calloarca J. E. Gray, 1857 (junior subjective synonym)
  46. Genus Cunearca Dall, 1898 accepted as Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  47. Genus Diluvarca Woodring, 1925 accepted as Anadara (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925 † accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
  48. Genus Eonavicula Arkell, 1929 † accepted as Arca (Eonavicula) Arkell, 1929 † represented as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  49. Genus Epitrisis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  50. Genus Esmerarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (synonym)
  51. Genus Grandiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Larkinia Reinhart, 1935 (synonym)
  52. Genus Granoarca Conrad, 1862 † accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Genus Imparilarca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Anadara (Imparilarca) Iredale, 1929 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
  54. Genus Indacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Genus Kikaiarca H. Noda, 1966 † accepted as Anadara (Imparilarca) Iredale, 1929 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Genus Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Genus Notogrammatodon P. A. Maxwell, 1966 † accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Genus Okinawanoarca H. Noda, 1980 † accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Genus Opularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Calloarca J. E. Gray, 1857 (synonym)
  60. Genus Paragrammatodon Nomura & Niino, 1940 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936 (synonym)
  61. Genus Parallelepipedum Mörch, 1850 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
  62. Genus Parallepipedum Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation of Parallelepipedum)
  63. Genus Potiarca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Anadara (Potiarca) Iredale, 1939 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
  64. Genus Pseudoporterius Kamenev, 2007 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936
  65. Genus Rasia J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Genus Scapharca J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  67. Genus Scapharcopsis F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Anadara (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925 † accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  68. Genus Sectiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Genus Soldania De Stefani & Pantanelli, 1878 † accepted as Ambrogia Malatesta, 1974 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Soldania d'Orbigny, 1826 [Foraminifera]; Ambrogia is a replacement name)
  70. Genus Tosarca H. Noda, 1965 † accepted as Anadara (Tosarca) H. Noda, 1965 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
  71. Genus Trigonoarca [sic] † accepted as Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  72. Genus Ustularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (junior subjective synonym)
  73. Genus Vitracar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  74. Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  75. Subfamily Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  76. Subfamily Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  77. Subfamily Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  78. Subfamily Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  79. Genus Carbonarca Meek & Worthen, 1870 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  80. Genus Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 318, vol. 1; note: as "Les arcacées" [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 318, vol. 1; note: as "Les arcacées" [details] 

original description (of Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935) Reinhart, P. W. (1935). Classification of the pelecypod family Arcidae. <em>Mémoires, Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 11(13): 1-68.
page(s): 38 [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription 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] 

Other

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 Oliver, P. G. & Holmes, A. M. (2006). The Arcoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a review of the current phenetic-based systematics. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148(3): 237-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00256.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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): 119 [details] 

additional source Oliver, G. & Cosel, R. von. (1993). Taxonomy of tropical West African bivalves: IV. Arcidae. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (section A Zoologie) (4)14(2): 293-381., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/14/293.pdf [details] 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

 
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English ark-shellsarksark shells  [details]
German Archenmuscheln  [details]
Japanese フネガイ科  [details]
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