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