Tegillarca
| Tegillarca | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Tegillarca granosa, commonly referred to as the "blood cockle" | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Tegillarca Iredale 1939 [1][2] |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Tegillarca is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams.[1]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "WoRMS taxon details - Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tegillarca.
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. (1852); Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 (+2) pp. (1853). Hafniae
- Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7