Acar (bivalve)

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Acar
Acar domingensis (white miniature ark) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16002935770).jpg
View of a left valve of an Acar species
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Acar
Gray, 1857

Acar is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.[1]

Some authors consider it to be a subgenus of Barbatia.[2]

Species[]

Species in this genus include:

  • P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994[1]
  • (Thiele, 1931)[1]
  • Bartsch, 1931[1]
  • (Hedley, 1917)[1]
  • (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)[1]
  • (Defrance, 1816)[1]
  • (E. A. Smith, 1885)[1]
  • (Hayami & Kase, 1993)[1]
  • (Baird, 1873)[1]
  • (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829),[1] from California, US[2]
  • Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • P. G. Oliver & Holmes, 2004[1]
  • Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • M. Huber, 2010[1]
  • (Kilburn, 1983)[1]
  • (Dillwyn, 1817)[1]
  • (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)[1]
  • (Melvill & Standen, 1907)[1]
  • (Berry, 1954)[1]
  • Powell, 1933[1]
  • (Brookes, 1926)[1]
  • (Lamarck, 1819)[1]
  • Simone, 2009,[1] from Brazil[2]

Although Simone lists another species Acar domingensis,[2] it has been reclassified as Barbatia.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Acar Gray, 1857". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Simone, Luiz Ricardo L. (March 2009), "A new species of Acar (Bivalvia, Arcidae) from São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil" (PDF), Novapex, 10 (1): 9–16
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