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Striarca sculptilis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca sculptilis was named by Reeve (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indo-west Pacific]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Arcopsis sculptilis by Hashimoto (1982); it was recombined as Arcopsis (Arcopsis) sculptilis by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Striarca sculptilis by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Arca sculptilis Reeve
1854Arca sculptilis Reeve
1982Arcopsis sculptilis Hashimoto
1994Arcopsis (Arcopsis) sculptilis Skwarko p. e7
2006Striarca sculptilis Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyNoetiinaeStewart 1930
tribeStriarcini(MacNeil 1938)
genusStriarcaConrad 1862
speciessculptilis(Reeve 1844)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2008-11-18 16:46:55
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:07:43
Source: f = family
Reference: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Arcopsis sculptilis (70081)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Arcopsis sculptilis (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Arcopsis sculptilis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Arcopsis sculptilis (42221 42339)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Arcopsis sculptilis (72095 72096 72098 72099 72100 72101 72106)