Biology:Acar (bivalve)

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

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
Domain: Eukaryota
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:

  • Acar abdita P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994[1]
  • Acar agulhasensis (Thiele, 1931)[1]
  • Acar bailyi Bartsch, 1931[1]
  • Acar botanica (Hedley, 1917)[1]
  • Acar carditaeformis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)[1]
  • Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)[1]
  • Acar congenita (E. A. Smith, 1885)[1]
  • Acar decorata (Hayami & Kase, 1993)[1]
  • Acar dubia (Baird, 1873)[1]
  • Acar gradata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829),[1] from California, US[2]
  • Acar lepidoformis Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • Acar marsupialis P. G. Oliver & Holmes, 2004[1]
  • Acar naturezae Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • Acar oliveirae Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012[1]
  • Acar olivercoseli M. Huber, 2010[1]
  • Acar petasion (Kilburn, 1983)[1]
  • Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)[1]
  • Acar pusilla (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)[1]
  • Acar requiescens (Melvill & Standen, 1907)[1]
  • Acar rostae (Berry, 1954)[1]
  • Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933[1]
  • Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)[1]
  • Acar squamosa (Lamarck, 1819)[1]
  • Acar transmar Simone, 2009,[1] from Brazil[2]

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18580291 entry