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Species List for Family: Arcidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Arcidae (Family)
  • Family: Arcidae

  • Acar plicata (Deshayes, 1817)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-219m
  • Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
    Length 30mm, Height 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones from low tide
    Three Kings Islands, north-western, eastern and south-western North Island, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 0-604m
  • Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
    Length 5mm, Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, northern North Island as far south as New Plymouth on the west coast and Mahia Peninsula on the east coast, from 0-710m
  • Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
    Length 100mm, Height 66mm
    Marine, Recent, Subfossil, Fossil
    Far North. Spirits Bay. Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, and Auckland as subfossil. Also Western Australia to Queensland and Tasmania, Australia, subfossil to recent
  • Barbatia novaezealandiae (E.A. Smith, 1915)
    Length 78mm, Height 42mm
    Ark Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Under stones from low tide, from 0-508m
  • Barbatia trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-15m
  • Bathyarca corpulenta (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Height 28.8mm, Width 24.0mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Trench. Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, from 4410m
  • Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
    Length 4mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island, Challenger Plateau, Auckland and Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise, from 37-1000m
  • Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Trench. Worldwide, Eastern Pacific, from 4540m
  • Calloarca nuttingi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-195m
  • Hawaiarca alia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings and Kermadec Islands, Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island and far south as East Cape, from 49-622m
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