Marine Species Traits

Traits taxon details

Arcida

AphiaID

207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207)

Classification

Authority

J. E. Gray, 1854

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Pteriomorphia

Direct children (6)

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Superfamily Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809
Superfamily Glyptarcoidea J. C. W. Cope, 1996 †
Superfamily Limopsoidea Dall, 1895
Superfamily Arcacea accepted as Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809 (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)
Superfamily Limopsacea accepted as Limopsoidea Dall, 1895 (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)
Superfamily Arcida incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arcida. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207 on 2026-08-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Arcida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2009-02-03 09:16:23Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2016-02-07 00:40:24Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2026-01-26 14:06:47Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record 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. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS13010 [details]

additional source Combosch D.J. & Giribet G. (2016). Clarifying phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of the bivalve order Arcida (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94: 298-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.016 [details] Available for editors

status source Lemer, S.; González, V. L.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2016). Cementing mussels to oysters in the pteriomorphian tree: a phylogenomic approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences). 283: 20160857., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1833/20160857 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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