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
Anadara (Tegillarca)Iredale, 1939 AnomalocardiaMörch, 1853 (Invalid: junior homonym of AnomalocardiaSchumacher, 1817)

Tegillarca is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. ^[1]

Species

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

1. "WoRMS taxon details - Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. "Tegillarca (Iredale, 1939)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

• 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