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Ark Clams
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Ark Clams

Arcidae

Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide.

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30 branches of this family, most-observed first

Anadara

genusAnadara

Lunarca

genusLunarca

Arca

genusArca

Bearded Arks

genusBarbatia

Lamarcka

genusLamarcka

Tegillarca

genusTegillarca

Acar

genusAcar

Cucullaearca

genusCucullaearca

Propeller Arks

genusTrisidos

Larkinia

genusLarkinia

Tetrarca

genusTetrarca

Senilia

genusSenilia

Mesocibota

genusMesocibota

Calloarca

genusCalloarca

Fugleria

genusFugleria

Litharca

genusLitharca

Bathyarca

genusBathyarca

Asperarca

genusAsperarca

Hawaiarca

genusHawaiarca

Mosambicarca

genusMosambicarca

Bentharca

genusBentharca

Mimarcaria

genusMimarcaria

Scaphula

genusScaphula

Deltaodon

genusDeltaodon

Destacar

genusDestacar

Mabellarca

genusMabellarca

Miratacar

genusMiratacar

Paranadara

genusParanadara

Samacar

genusSamacar

Xenophorarca

genusXenophorarca

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85598.