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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca dubia Baird in Brenchley, 1873
=Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817
=Barbatia numaensis H. Noda, 1966
=Byssoarca divaricata G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
Images: Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in beach drift, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA98274). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca dubia Baird in Brenchley, 1873
=Arca plicata Dillwyn, 1817
=Barbatia numaensis H. Noda, 1966
=Byssoarca divaricata G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
Details: Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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