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Arcopsis symmetrica

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca symmetrica was named by Reeve (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arca (Barbatia) symmetrica by Nomura and Zinbo (1934); it was recombined as Striarca (Arcopsis) symmetrica by Amano (2000); it was recombined as Arcopsis symmetrica by Okutaini (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Arca symmetrica Reeve
1934Arca (Barbatia) symmetrica Nomura and Zinbo
2000Striarca (Arcopsis) symmetrica Amano
2000Arcopsis symmetrica Okutaini p. 855

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusArcopsisKoenen 1885
speciessymmetrica(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: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:58:38
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:58:38
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Striarca symmetrica (97076 97078)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Striarca symmetrica (97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Arca symmetrica (88886 96943 96945) Striarca symmetrica (97961)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Striarca symmetrica (209863 209864)