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Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 · alternate representation
Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 · alternate representation
Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · alternate representation
Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 · alternate representation
Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · alternate representation
Genus Acar Gray, 1857
Genus Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Asperarca Sacco, 1898
Genus Austrocucullaea Zinsmeister, 1988 †
Genus Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842
Genus Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
Genus Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Genus Calloarca Gray, 1857
Genus Cucullaearca Conrad, 1865 †
Genus Deltaodon Barnard, 1962
Genus Destacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Fugleria Reinhart, 1937
Genus Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Genus Indarca Borkar, Kulkarni & Bhattacharjee-Kapoor, 2014 †
Genus Indogrammatodon L. R. Cox, 1937 †
Genus Lamarcka Vermeij & Amano, 2021
Genus Larkinia Reinhart, 1935
Genus Litharca Gray, 1842
Genus Lunarca Gray, 1842
Genus Mabellarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
Genus Mimarcaria Iredale, 1939
Genus Miratacar Iredale, 1939
Genus Mosambicarca Lutaenko, 1994
Genus Nordenskjoldia Wilckens, 1910 †
Genus Paranadara Francisco, J. Barros & S. Lima, 2012
Genus Pugilarca Marwick, 1928 †
Genus Rostarca Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 †
Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Scaphula W. H. Benson, 1834
Genus Senilia Gray, 1842
Genus Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969
Genus Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Xenophorarca M. Huber, 2010
Genus Abarbatia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842
Genus Anomalocardia Mörch, 1853 accepted as Tegillarca Iredale, 1939 (Invalid: junior homonym of Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817)
Genus Argina Gray, 1842 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name)
Genus Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Barbatirus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Caloosarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Cara Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Cibota Mörch, 1853 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Arca)
Genus Cunearca Dall, 1898 accepted as Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898 represented as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Daphnoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Diluvarca Woodring, 1925 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Epitrisis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (synonym)
Genus Esmerarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Fossularca Cossmann, 1887 † accepted as Arcopsis Koenen, 1885 (synonym)
Genus Grandiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Larkinia Reinhart, 1935 (synonym)
Genus Granoarca Conrad, 1862 † accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Imparilarca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Indacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (synonym)
Genus Kikaiarca H. Noda, 1966 † accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891 (synonym)
Genus Navicula Blainville, 1825 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Nipponarca Habe, 1951 accepted as Mesocibota Iredale, 1939 (synonym)
Genus Notogrammatodon P. A. Maxwell, 1966 † accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Genus Opularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Calloarca Gray, 1857 (synonym)
Genus Paragrammatodon Nomura & Niino, 1940 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936 (synonym)
Genus Parallelepipedum Mörch, 1850 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Parallepipedum Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation of Parallelepipedum)
Genus Potiarca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Pseudoporterius Kamenev, 2007 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Rasia Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Savignyarca Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Scapharca Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Scapharcopsis F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Sectiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Thronacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891 (synonym)
Genus Tosarca H. Noda, 1965 † accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Trigonoarca [sic] † accepted as Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Trisis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (junior objective synonym of Trisidos)
Genus Ustularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Vitracar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Genus Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Genus Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Asperarca Sacco, 1898
Genus Austrocucullaea Zinsmeister, 1988 †
Genus Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842
Genus Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891
Genus Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Genus Calloarca Gray, 1857
Genus Cucullaearca Conrad, 1865 †
Genus Deltaodon Barnard, 1962
Genus Destacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Fugleria Reinhart, 1937
Genus Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Genus Indarca Borkar, Kulkarni & Bhattacharjee-Kapoor, 2014 †
Genus Indogrammatodon L. R. Cox, 1937 †
Genus Lamarcka Vermeij & Amano, 2021
Genus Larkinia Reinhart, 1935
Genus Litharca Gray, 1842
Genus Lunarca Gray, 1842
Genus Mabellarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Mesocibota Iredale, 1939
Genus Mimarcaria Iredale, 1939
Genus Miratacar Iredale, 1939
Genus Mosambicarca Lutaenko, 1994
Genus Nordenskjoldia Wilckens, 1910 †
Genus Paranadara Francisco, J. Barros & S. Lima, 2012
Genus Pugilarca Marwick, 1928 †
Genus Rostarca Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 †
Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Scaphula W. H. Benson, 1834
Genus Senilia Gray, 1842
Genus Tegillarca Iredale, 1939
Genus Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969
Genus Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Xenophorarca M. Huber, 2010
Genus Abarbatia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842
Genus Anomalocardia Mörch, 1853 accepted as Tegillarca Iredale, 1939 (Invalid: junior homonym of Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817)
Genus Argina Gray, 1842 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name)
Genus Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951 accepted as Lunarca Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Barbatirus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Caloosarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Cara Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Cibota Mörch, 1853 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Arca)
Genus Cunearca Dall, 1898 accepted as Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898 represented as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Daphnoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Diluvarca Woodring, 1925 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Epitrisis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (synonym)
Genus Esmerarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Fossularca Cossmann, 1887 † accepted as Arcopsis Koenen, 1885 (synonym)
Genus Grandiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Larkinia Reinhart, 1935 (synonym)
Genus Granoarca Conrad, 1862 † accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Imparilarca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Indacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (synonym)
Genus Kikaiarca H. Noda, 1966 † accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Microcucullaea Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891 (synonym)
Genus Navicula Blainville, 1825 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Nipponarca Habe, 1951 accepted as Mesocibota Iredale, 1939 (synonym)
Genus Notogrammatodon P. A. Maxwell, 1966 † accepted as Bentharca A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Genus Opularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Calloarca Gray, 1857 (synonym)
Genus Paragrammatodon Nomura & Niino, 1940 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936 (synonym)
Genus Parallelepipedum Mörch, 1850 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798
Genus Parallepipedum Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation of Parallelepipedum)
Genus Potiarca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Pseudoporterius Kamenev, 2007 accepted as Samacar Iredale, 1936
Genus Rasia Gray, 1857 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Savignyarca Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Scapharca Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Scapharcopsis F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847
Genus Sectiarca Olsson, 1961 accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Thronacar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Bathyarca Kobelt, 1891 (synonym)
Genus Tosarca H. Noda, 1965 † accepted as Anadara Gray, 1847 (synonym)
Genus Trigonoarca [sic] † accepted as Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Trisis Blainville, 1825 accepted as Trisidos Röding, 1798 (junior objective synonym of Trisidos)
Genus Ustularca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Barbatia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Genus Vitracar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Hawaiarca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart, 1935 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Arcinae Lamarck, 1809 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Bathyarcinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Litharcinae Frizzell, 1946 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Scaphulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 represented as Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Genus Trigonarca Conrad, 1862 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh
Lamarck J.-B. (M. de) (1809). Philosophie zoologique. <i>Paris 2 vol. pp. 422 pp. 473</i>:
page(s): 318; note: as "Les arcacées" [details]
page(s): 318; note: as "Les arcacées" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Arcidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208 on 2023-09-25
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Lamarck J.-B. (M. de) (1809). Philosophie zoologique. <i>Paris 2 vol. pp. 422 pp. 473</i>:
page(s): 318; note: as "Les arcacées" [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. [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]
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
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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>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 119 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 318; note: as "Les arcacées" [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. [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]
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
[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>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 119 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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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