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Arcidae Lamarck, 1809

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Arcida (Order)
  8. Arcoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Arcidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809
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 Dallarca Ward, 1992 †
  13. Genus Deltaodon Barnard, 1962
  14. Genus Destacar Iredale, 1936
  15. Genus Fugleria Reinhart, 1937
  16. Genus Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  17. Genus Indarca Borkar, Kulkarni & Bhattacharjee-Kapoor, 2014 †
  18. Genus Indogrammatodon L. R. Cox, 1937 †
  19. Genus Lamarcka Vermeij & Amano, 2021
  20. Genus Larkinia Reinhart, 1935
  21. Genus Litharca J. E. Gray, 1842
  22. Genus Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842
  23. Genus Mabellarca Iredale, 1939
  24. Genus Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
  25. Genus Mimarcaria Iredale, 1939
  26. Genus Miratacar Iredale, 1939
  27. Genus Mosambicarca Lutaenko, 1994
  28. Genus Paranadara Francisco, J. Barros & S. Lima, 2012
  29. Genus Pugilarca Marwick, 1928 †
  30. Genus Rostarca Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 †
  31. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936
  32. Genus Scaphula W. H. Benson, 1834
  33. Genus Senilia J. E. Gray, 1842
  34. Genus Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
  35. Genus Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969
  36. Genus Trisidos Röding, 1798
  37. Genus Venignia Berezovsky, 2015 †
  38. Genus Xenophorarca M. Huber, 2010
  39. Genus Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  40. Genus Notogrammatodon P. A. Maxwell, 1966 † accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Scapharca J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  42. Genus Trigonoarca [sic] † accepted as Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  43. Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  44. Subfamily Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  45. Subfamily Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  46. Subfamily Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
  47. Subfamily Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arcidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208 on 2026-10-04
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Arcidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208 on 2026-10-04
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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] 

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] 

basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 171 [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] 

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 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

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] 

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] 
 
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