Parent taxon: Arca according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Adegoke 1977, Dockery 1982, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 1964, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Matsubara 2002, Moore 1983, Olsson 1967, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Reinhart 1937, Reinhart 1943, Squires 1991, Squires 1999 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Arca (Byssoarca), Arca (Fossularca), Arca (Litharca), Arca (Tosarca), Arca abrupta, Arca aldrichi, Arca angusta, Arca aquila, Arca arcta, Arca augusta, Arca aviculoides, Arca azzarolae, Arca bavarica, Arca bezanconi, Arca biangula, Arca blanfordi, Arca bouvieri, Arca brahminica, Arca budoensis, Arca caelata, Arca camaronesia, Arca capulopsis, Arca cardiiformis, Arca cardioides, Arca chemnitzi, Arca chevallieri, Arca choffati, Arca cholana, Arca clarki, Arca clathrata, Arca clellandi, Arca cordata, Arca coxi, Arca cultrata, Arca dalli, Arca debilis, Arca delandensis, Arca divaricata, Arca douvillei, Arca feddeni, Arca formosissima, Arca fuscoides, Arca galei, Arca geulemensis, Arca harrisi, Arca hispida, Arca holmesii, Arca imperialis, Arca incerta, Arca interrupta, Arca japetica, Arca kannegieteri, Arca koerti, Arca koumaci, Arca labiata, Arca lactea, Arca larkhanaensis, Arca lata, Arca laudunensis, Arca leopoliensis, Arca limula, Arca mcnairyensis, Arca mekranica, Arca miliacea, Arca minuata, Arca nannodes, Arca navicularis, Arca negata, Arca newtoni, Arca nitida, Arca noae, Arca nuda, Arca obeidi, Arca ovata, Arca pacifica, Arca pantheonensis, Arca paratina, Arca particularis, Arca peethensis, Arca perpectinata, Arca perradiata, Arca prephina, Arca protracta, Arca pseudoantiquata, Arca pseudonavicularis, Arca quadrilatera, Arca radiata, Arca rudis, Arca salomonensis, Arca sandbergeri, Arca silverdalensis, Arca socialis, Arca spiekeri, Arca squamosa, Arca striatula, Arca stricklandi, Arca subfiligrana, Arca sublata, Arca submultiformis, Arca sulcicosta, Arca symphenacis, Arca syracusensis, Arca tirolensis, Arca tjidamarensis, Arca trapezia, Arca uhligi, Arca valdensis, Arca valdiviana, Arca vanholsti, Arca vaughani, Arca wagneriana, Arca zebra, Scapharca zorritensis, Navicula tutamoensis, Arcoptera elegantula, Arcoptera lateareata, Arcoptera wagneriana, Arcoptera vixareata, Arcoptera areata, Arcoptera ampla, Arcoptera canaliculata, Arcoptera schlosseri
Subtaxa: Arca (Arca) accra Arca (Arca) filewiczi Arca (Arca) givensi Arca (Arca) gonzalesi Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis Arca (Arca) hawleyi Arca (Arca) kelirensis Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba Arca (Arca) menengtengana Arca (Arca) patagonica Arca (Arca) petropolitana Arca (Arca) santamariensis Arca (Arca) sisquocensis Arca (Arca) subcalcarea Arca (Arca) suspecta Arca (Arca) williamsoni Arca (Arca) yaquensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Indonesia (5), Jamaica (4), Panama (3), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Austria (1), Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Fiji (1), Haiti (1), Indonesia (2), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (12: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (3)
Total: 66 collections including 70 occurrences