MolluscaBase name details
Argina J. E. Gray, 1842
516045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516045)
unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name)
Genus
Arca pexata Say, 1821 accepted as Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Argina billingsiana (Maury, 1912) † accepted as Scapharca (Argina) billingsiana (Maury, 1912) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Argina brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Lunarca brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Argina J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516045 on 2025-09-10
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Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
basis of record 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]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
basis of record 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]
source of synonymy 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]
