Acar (bivalve)
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Scientific classification | |
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
[edit]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]