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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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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.211)

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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