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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sociella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca sociella Brookes, 1926
Images: Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Dredged in shell-sand, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 5mm x 2.5mm
Holotype, collected Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71290). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71290). 5mm x 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sociella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca sociella Brookes, 1926
Details: Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
AFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.36)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.364)
  • Brookes, A.E. 1926 New species of recent Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 56 (p.590) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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