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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca dubia Baird in Brenchley, 1873
=Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817
=Barbatia numaensis H. Noda, 1966
=Byssoarca divaricata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Images: Acar plicata (Deshayes, 1817)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca dubia Baird in Brenchley, 1873
=Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817
=Barbatia numaensis H. Noda, 1966
=Byssoarca divaricata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Details: Acar plicata (Deshayes, 1817)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 0-219m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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