Arca (bivalve)
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Arca is a genus of clam
s in the family Arcidae, containing the following species:
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
s in the family Arcidae, containing the following species:
- Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848
- Arca angulata King & Broderip, 1832
- Arca boucardi Jousseaume, 1894
- Arca bouvieri Fischer, 1874
- Arca despecta Fischer, 1876
- Arca imbricataArca imbricataArca imbricata, or the mossy ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies, Brazil, and Bermuda.-Description:...
Bruguière, 1789 - Arca kauaia (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
- Arca koumaci Lutaenko & Maestrati, 2007
- Arca maculata Sowerby
- Arca mauia
- Arca mutabilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789
- Arca noaeArca noaeArca noae or the Noah's Ark shell is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Arcidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea from low tide mark to a depth of 60 metres.-Description:...
Linnaeus, 1758 - Arca ocellata Reeve, 1844
- Arca pacifica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798
- Arca reticulata Gmelin, 1791
- Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
- Arca truncata Sowerby
- Arca turbatrix Oliver & Cosel, 1993
- Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819
- Arca volucris Reeve, 1844
- Arca zebraArca zebraArca zebra, or the turkey wing ark clam, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda...
(Swainson, 1833)