Arcuatula

Arcuatula
	Arcuatula papyria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Subfamily:	Crenellinae
Genus:	Arcuatula ; Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919
Type species
	Arcuatula perfragilis ; Dunker, 1857
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	LamyaSoot-Ryen, 1958; MusculistaYamamoto & Habe, 1958;

Last updated October 19, 2025

Arcuatula is a genus of mussels from the family Mytilidae.

Species

The following species are currently recognised under the genus Arcuatula:^[1]

Arcuatula arcuatula (Hanley, 1843)
Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848)
Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857)
Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
Arcuatula leucosticta (Martens, 1897)
Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846)
Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857)
Arcuatula senhousia (Benson, 1842)
Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857)
Arcuatula variegata (Benson, 1856)

References

1 2 3 Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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Arcuatula

Arcuatula papyria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Subfamily:	Crenellinae
Genus:	Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919^[1]
Type species
Arcuatula perfragilis Dunker, 1857
Species
See text.
Synonyms ^[1]
LamyaSoot-Ryen, 1958 MusculistaYamamoto & Habe, 1958