Biology:Samacar

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Samacar
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Samacar
Iredale, 1936
Species
  • Samacar aleutica Kamenev, 2007[1]
  • Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007
  • Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915)[2]

Samacar[3] is a genus of bivalves in the family Arcidae which has three species.[4] It was first described by malacologist Tom Iredale in 1936 with the type taxon S. strabo found in Dundas, New South Wales, Australia.[3] Shells are about 11 millimeters long.[5] This genus spans throughout the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean reaching as far north as Japan[4]

References

  1. Kamenev G.M. 2007. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936 (Bivalvia: Arcidae) with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species from the northern Pacific. Journal of Conchology 39(3): 297-320.
  2. Hedley, C. (1915). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 39: 695–755, pls. 77–85 ["1914"; published 26 Feb 1915]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6382583
  3. 3.0 3.1 Iredale, T. (1936-04-07). "Australian molluscan notes. No. 2". Records of the Australian Museum 19 (5): 267–340. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704. ISSN 0067-1975. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Samacar Iredale, 1936". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456511#sources. 
  5. Cooper, Michael R. (2016-04-01). "The genus Arabitrigonia (Cretaceous Bivalvia: Pterotrigoniidae), with descriptions of two new species". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 280 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560. ISSN 0077-7749. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560. 

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