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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae

Genus: Arca

(See list of species below)

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16 species (see list below)
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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
[]
No picture found
 
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]


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