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Family: Arcidae



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Acar abdita
[]
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Acar albidum
[]
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Acar bailyi
[Miniature ark]
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Acar clathrata
[]
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Acar cometa
[]
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Acar congenitum
[]
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Acar congenitus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.1 cm TL
Acar domingensis(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Acar domingensis
[White miniature ark]
No picture found
 
Acar dubia
[]
No picture found
 
Acar gradata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Acar marsupialis
[]
No picture found
 
Acar petasion
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm TL
 
Acar plicata
[]
No picture found
 
Acar requiescens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm TL
 
Acar revelata
[]
No picture found
 
Acar sandersonae
[]
No picture found
 
Acar sociella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Acar transmar
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
Anadara antiquata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Anadara antiquata
[Antique ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara auriculata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Anadara baughmani
[Skewed ark]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic.

Anadara brasiliana(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Anadara brasiliana
[Incongruous ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific. Tropi

Anadara broughtonii(Schrenck, 1867)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anadara broughtonii
[Inflated ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara chemnitzii
[Triangular ark]
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Anadara compacta
[]
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Anadara concinna
[]
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Anadara consociata
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea

Anadara corbuloidesMonterosato, 1878

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara corbuloides
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara craticulata
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara crebricostata
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara demiri
[Arc shell]

FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic

Anadara diluvii(Lamarck, 1805)

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara diluvii
[Diluvial ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara disparilis
[]
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Anadara ehrenbergi
[]

FAO

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Anadara ferruginea(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara ferruginea
[Rusty ark]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm DL
 
Anadara floridana
[Cut-ribbed ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara grandis
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara gubernaculum
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara holoserica
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara hubbardi
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific. Intro
Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
Anadara inaequivalvis(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara inaequivalvis
[Inequivalve ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara jousseaumei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm SHL
 
Anadara kagoshimensis
[Half-crenated ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara kikaizimana
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara mazatlanica
[Mazatlan's ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara natalensis
[Natal ark]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Anadara nodifera(Martens, 1860)

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara nodifera
[Nodular ark]

FAO

Western Atlantic. Tropic

Anadara notabilis(Roding, 1798)

Photo by FAO
 
Anadara notabilis
[Eared ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara nux
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara oceanica
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara paucigranosa
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara polii
[]
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Anadara reinharti
[Reinhart's ark]
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Anadara rotundicostata
[]
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Anadara rufescens
[]
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Anadara sabinae
[]
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Anadara satowi
[Chinese blood clam]
No picture found
 
Anadara secernenda
[]
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Anadara secticostata
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara senegalensis
[Senegal ark]
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Anadara similis
[Brown ark]
No picture found
 
Anadara transversa
[Transverse ark]

Grist, John and Maria

Indo-West Pacific.

Anadara trapezia(Deshayes, 1839)

Photo by Grist, John and Maria
 
Anadara trapezia
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara tuberculosa
[Pustulose ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Anadara uropigimelana(Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anadara uropigimelana
[]
No picture found
 
Anadara vellicata
[The pinched ark]
No picture found
 
Arca angulata
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Arca avellanaLamarck, 1819

Photo by FAO
 
Arca avellana
[Hazelnut ark]
No picture found
 
Arca boucardi
[Kobelt's ark shell]
No picture found
 
Arca boucardia
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.

Arca imbricataBruguiere, 1789

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Arca imbricata
[Mossy ark]
No picture found
 
Arca kauaia
[]
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Arca kobeltiana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific and Nor

Arca mutabilis(Sowerby, 1833)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Arca mutabilis
[Changeable ark]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Arca navicularisBruguière, 1789

Photo by FAO
 
Arca navicularis
[Indo-Pacific ark]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and Medi

Arca noaeLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Arca noae
[Noah's ark]
No picture found
 
Arca patriarchalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Arca pectinoides
[]
No picture found
 
Arca reticulata
[]
No picture found
 
Arca submerata
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Arca ventricosaLamarck, 1819

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Arca ventricosa
[Ventricose ark]

FAO

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Arca zebra(Swainson, 1833)

Photo by FAO
 
Arca zebra
[Turkey wing]
No picture found
 
Asperarca ectocomata
[]
No picture found
 
Asperarca magdalenae
[]
No picture found
 
Asperarca nodulosa
[]
No picture found
 
Asperarca secreta
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia amygdalumtotsum
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea.

Barbatia barbata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Barbatia barbata
[Hairy ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 10 cm DL
Barbatia cancellaria(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Barbatia cancellaria
[Red-brown ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific, Wester

Barbatia candida(Helbling, 1779)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Barbatia candida
[White-beard ark]
No picture found
 
Barbatia clathrata
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia cometa
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Barbatia decussata(Sowerby, 1833)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Barbatia decussata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm TL
 
Barbatia diphaeonotus
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia divaricata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm DL
 
Barbatia ectocomata
[]

Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Barbatia foliata(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Barbatia foliata
[Decussate ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Barbatia fusca(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Barbatia fusca
[Almond ark]
No picture found
 
Barbatia hanzawai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
 
Barbatia lacerata
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia lurida
[Lurid ark]
No picture found
 
Barbatia molokaia
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia munda
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia novaezelandiae
[Ark shell]
No picture found
 
Barbatia obliquata
[Oblique ark shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
 
Barbatia parva
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Barbatia pyrrhotus
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia reeveana
[Low-rib ark]
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Barbatia scabra
[]
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Barbatia setigera
[]
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Barbatia signata
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia stearnsi
[Small ark shell]
No picture found
 
Barbatia tamikoae
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia tenera
[Delicate ark]
No picture found
 
Barbatia uwaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia ventricosa
[]
No picture found
 
Barbatia virescens
[Blood clam]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca anaclima
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca anomala
[Anomalous bathyark]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca corpulenta
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca cybaea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Bathyarca frielei
[Boreal bathyark]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean, Arctic an
Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
Bathyarca glacialis(Gray, 1824)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bathyarca glacialis
[Glacial bathyark]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Bathyarca glomerula
[Little-ball bathyark]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca grenophia
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca inaequalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Bathyarca inaequisculpta
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca japonica
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca kyurokusimana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Bathyarca orbiculata
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca orientalis
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca pectunculoides
[Comb bathyark]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca philippiana
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca pisum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Bathyarca polycyma
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic and So

Bathyarca sinuataPelseneer, 1903

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Bathyarca sinuata
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarca strebeli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Bentharca asperula
[]
No picture found
 
Bentharca avellanaria
[]
No picture found
 
Bentharca irregularis
[]
No picture found
 
Bentharca rubrotincta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Bentharca sagrinata
[]
No picture found
 
Bentharca xenophoricola
[]
No picture found
 
Calloarca cibotina
[]
No picture found
 
Calloarca nuttingi
[]
No picture found
 
Calloarca tenella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm DL
 
Cucullaearca candida
[]
No picture found
 
Deltaodon rubrotinctus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Fugleria tenera
[]
No picture found
 
Hawaiarca alia
[]
No picture found
 
Hawaiarca rectangula
[]
No picture found
 
Hawaiarca uwaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Hawaiarca yamamotoi
[]
No picture found
 
Imparilarca craticulata
[]
No picture found
 
Larkinia multicostata
[Many-ribbed ark]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 7.6 cm SHL
Lunarca ovalis(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lunarca ovalis
[Blood ark]
No picture found
 
Mabellarca dautzenbergi
[]
No picture found
 
Mabellarca dichotoma
[]
No picture found
 
Mabellarca pulchella
[]
No picture found
 
Mesocibota bistrigata
[]
No picture found
 
Mimarcaria matsumotoi
[]
No picture found
 
Mosambicarca erythraeonensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nipponarca bistrigata
[Two-stringed ark shell]
No picture found
 
Samacar pacifica
[Chuchoca ark]
No picture found
 
Samacar strabo
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm DL
 
Scapharca axelolssoni
[]

FAO

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
Scapharca brasiliana(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Scapharca brasiliana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Scapharca chemnitzii
[]

FAO

Western Pacific. Introdu
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Scapharca cornea(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by FAO
 
Scapharca cornea
[Corneous ark]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.9 cm DL
 
Scapharca crassissima
[]
No picture found
 
Scapharca deyrollei
[]
No picture found
 
Scapharca fultoni
[]

FAO

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 11.5 cm TL
Scapharca globosa(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by FAO
 
Scapharca globosa
[Globose ark]
No picture found
 
Scapharca guangdongensis
[]
No picture found
 
Scapharca gubernaculum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific. Clima
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Scapharca indica(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Scapharca indica
[Rudder ark]
No picture found
 
Scapharca japonica
[]
No picture found
 
Scapharca labiosa
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Scapharca pilula(Reeve, 1843)

Photo by FAO
 
Scapharca pilula
[Pill ark]
No picture found
 
Scapharca troscheli
[]
No picture found
 
Scaphula deltae
[]
No picture found
 
Scaphula pinna
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 13.5 cm SHL
Senilia senilis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Senilia senilis
[Heavy african ark]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Tegillarca granosa(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Tegillarca granosa
[Granular ark]
No picture found
 
Tetrarca tetragona
[]
No picture found
 
Tosarca vellicata
[]
No picture found
 
Trisidos kiyonoi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Trisidos semitorta(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trisidos semitorta
[Half-propellor ark]
No picture found
 
Trisidos tortousa
[Twisted arc]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Trisidos tortuosa(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trisidos tortuosa
[Propellor ark]
No picture found
 
Vitracar sulcata
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