WoRMS name details
Arca mutabilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
504371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504371)
unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Byssoarca mutabilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca mutabilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504371 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Byssoarca mutabilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [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]
status 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
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status 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

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 Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]





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