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191 Species in Family Arcidae
Nominal species list for Arcidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Vitracar sulcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Propellor ark
Trisidos tortousa (Linnaeus, 1758) Twisted arc
Trisidos semitorta (Lamarck, 1819) Half-propellor ark
Trisidos kiyonoi (Kuroda, 1930)
Tosarca vellicata (Reeve, 1844)
Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)
Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Granular ark
Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Heavy african ark
Scaphula deltae Blanford, 1867
Scaphula pinna Benson, 1856
Scapharca troscheli (Dunker, 1882)
Scapharca pilula (Reeve, 1843) Pill ark
Scapharca labiosa (Sowerby, 1833)
Scapharca japonica (Reeve, 1844)
Scapharca indica (Gmelin, 1791) Rudder ark
Scapharca gubernaculum (Reeve, 1844)
Scapharca guangdongensis (Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993)
Scapharca globosa (Reeve, 1844) Globose ark
Scapharca fultoni (Sowerby, 1907)
Scapharca crassissima Macsotay, 2001
Scapharca deyrollei Jousseaume, 1893
Scapharca cornea (Reeve, 1844) Corneous ark
Scapharca chemnitzii (Philippi, 1851)
Scapharca axelolssoni Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Scapharca brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819)
Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1914)
Samacar pacifica (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934) Chuchoca ark
Nipponarca bistrigata (Dunker, 1866) Two-stringed ark shell
Mosambicarca erythraeonensis (Jonas, 1851)
Mimarcaria matsumotoi Habe, 1958
Mesocibota bistrigata (Dunker, 1866)
Mabellarca pulchella (Gmelin, 1791)
Mabellarca dichotoma (Deshayes, 1863)
Mabellarca dautzenbergi (Lamy, 1907)
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) Blood ark
Larkinia multicostata (Sowerby I, 1833) Many-ribbed ark
Imparilarca craticulata (Nyst, 1848)
Hawaiarca yamamotoi (Sakurai & Habe, 1961)
Hawaiarca rectangula Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Hawaiarca uwaensis (Yokoyama, 1928)
Hawaiarca alia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Fugleria tenera (Adams, 1845)
Deltaodon rubrotinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1958)
Cucullaearca candida (Helbling, 1779)
Calloarca tenella (Reeve, 1844)
Calloarca nuttingi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Calloarca cibotina (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Bentharca xenophoricola (Kuroda, 1930)
Bentharca sagrinata (Dall, 1886)
Bentharca irregularis (Hayami & Kase, 1993)
Bentharca rubrotincta Kuroda & Habe, 1958
Bentharca avellanaria (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Bathyarca strebeli (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Bathyarca sinuata Pelseneer, 1903
Bathyarca polycyma (Dall, 1881)
Bathyarca pisum Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1833) Comb bathyark
Bathyarca orbiculata (Dall, 1881)
Bathyarca orientalis (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931)
Bathyarca japonica Habe, 1977
Bathyarca kyurokusimana Nomura & Hatai
Bathyarca inaequisculpta (Smith, 1885)
Bathyarca inaequalis (Dall, 1927)
Bathyarca grenophia Risso, 1926
Bathyarca glomerula (Dall, 1881) Little-ball bathyark
Bathyarca glacialis (Gray, 1824) Glacial bathyark
Bathyarca frielei (Friele, 1877) Boreal bathyark
Bathyarca corpulenta (Smith, 1885)
Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
Bathyarca anomala (Verrill & Bush, 1898) Anomalous bathyark
Bathyarca anaclima (Melvill & Standen, 1906)
Barbatia virescens (Reeve, 1844) Blood clam
Barbatia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819)
Barbatia uwaensis (Yokoyama, 1928)
Barbatia tenera (Adams, 1845) Delicate ark
Barbatia tamikoae Sakurai, 1969
Barbatia signata (Dunker, 1868)
Barbatia stearnsi (Pilsbry, 1895) Small ark shell
Barbatia scabra Poli, 1795
Barbatia setigera (Reeve, 1844)
Barbatia reeveana (d'Orbigny, 1846) Low-rib ark
Barbatia pyrrhotus Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Barbatia parva (Sowerby, 1833)
Barbatia obliquata (Wood, 1828) Oblique ark shell
Barbatia munda (Sowerby, 1903)
Barbatia novaezelandiae (Smith, 1915) Ark shell
Barbatia molokaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Barbatia lurida (Sowerby I, 1833) Lurid ark
Barbatia lacerata (Linnaues, 1758)
Barbatia hanzawai (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Barbatia fusca (Bruguière, 1789) Almond ark
Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775) Decussate ark
Barbatia diphaeonotus Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Barbatia divaricata unspecified
Barbatia ectocomata (Dall, 1886)
Barbatia cometa (Reeve, 1944)
Barbatia decussata (Sowerby, 1833)
Barbatia clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779) White-beard ark
Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819) Red-brown ark
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758) Hairy ark
Barbatia amygdalumtotsum (Roding, 1798)
Asperarca secreta La Perna, 1998
Asperarca nodulosa (Müller, 1776)
Asperarca ectocomata (Dall, 1886)
Asperarca magdalenae La Perna, 1998
Arca zebra (Swainson, 1833) Turkey wing
Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819 Ventricose ark
Arca submerata unspecified
Arca reticulata Gmelin, 1791
Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798
Arca pectinoides King & Broderip, 1832
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 Noah's ark
Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 Indo-Pacific ark
Arca kobeltiana Pilsbry, 1904
Arca mutabilis (Sowerby, 1833) Changeable ark
Arca kauaia (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Arca boucardi Jousseaume, 1894 Kobelt's ark shell
Arca boucardia Jousseaume, 1894
Arca imbricata Bruguiere, 1789 Mossy ark
Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819 Hazelnut ark
Arca angulata King & Broderip, 1832
Anadara vellicata (Reeve, 1844) The pinched ark
Anadara uropigimelana (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
Anadara tuberculosa (Sowerby I, 1833) Pustulose ark
Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
Anadara transversa (Say, 1822) Transverse ark
Anadara similis (Adams, 1852) Brown ark
Anadara senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal ark
Anadara secernenda (Lamy, 1907)
Anadara secticostata Reeve, 1844
Anadara satowi (Dunker, 1882) Chinese blood clam
Anadara sabinae (Morlet, 1889)
Anadara reinharti (Lowe, 1935) Reinhart's ark
Anadara rotundicostata (Reeve, 1843)
Anadara rufescens (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara polii (Mayer, 1868)
Anadara oceanica (Lesson, 1831)
Anadara paucigranosa (Dunker, 1889)
Anadara nux (Sowerby, 1833)
Anadara notabilis (Roding, 1798) Eared ark
Anadara nodifera (Martens, 1860) Nodular ark
Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848) Natal ark
Anadara mazatlanica (Hertlein & Strong, 1943) Mazatlan's ark
Anadara kikaizimana (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) Half-crenated ark
Anadara jousseaumei (Lamy, 1907)
Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguière, 1789) Inequivalve ark
Anadara holoserica (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara hubbardi (Iredale, 1929)
Anadara gubernaculum (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara grandis (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Anadara floridana (Conrad, 1869) Cut-ribbed ark
Anadara ferruginea (Reeve, 1844) Rusty ark
Anadara ehrenbergi (Dunker, 1868)
Anadara disparilis (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara diluvii (Lamarck, 1805) Diluvial ark
Anadara crebricostata (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara demiri (Piani, 1981) Arc shell
Anadara craticulata (Nyst, 1848)
Anadara consociata (Smith, 1885)
Anadara corbuloides Monterosato, 1878
Anadara concinna (Sowerby, 1833)
Anadara compacta (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara chemnitzii (Philippi, 1851) Triangular ark
Anadara broughtonii (Schrenck, 1867) Inflated ark
Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) Incongruous ark
Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951 Skewed ark
Anadara auriculata Lamarck
Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758) Antique ark
Acar transmar Simone, 2009
Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Acar revelata (Deshayes, 1863)
Acar requiescens (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Acar petasion Kilburn, 1983
Acar marsupialis Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Acar dubia (Baird, 1873)
Acar gradata Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Acar domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) White miniature ark
Acar congenitus (Smith, 1885)
Acar congenitum (Smith, 1885)
Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)
Acar cometa (Reeve, 1844)
Acar bailyi Bartsch, 1931 Miniature ark
Acar abdita Oliver & Chesney, 1994
Acar albidum Sakurai & Habe, 1966
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