Tegillarca

Tegillarca
Tegillarca granosa, commonly referred to as the "blood cockle"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Superfamily: Arcoidea
Family: Arcidae
Genus:
Iredale 1939 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Anadara (Tegillarca) Iredale, 1939
  • Anomalocardia Mörch, 1853 (Invalid: junior homonym of Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817)

Tegillarca is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams.[1]

Species

Species of this genus include:

  • Tegillarca addita (Iredale, 1939)
  • Tegillarca aequilatera (Dunker, 1868)
  • Tegillarca bicors (Jonas in Philippi, 1845)
  • Tegillarca disessa (Iredale, 1939)
  • Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tegillarca nodifera (E. von Martens, 1860)
  • Tegillarca rhombea (Born, 1778)
  • Tegillarca zanzibarensis (Nyst, 1848) [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "WoRMS taxon details - Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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