Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Arcidae

Asperarca Sacco, 1898

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asperarca nodulosa (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Asperarca secreta La Perna, 1998

Literature

original description	Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVI. (Arcidae, Pectunculidae, Limopsidae, Nuculidae, Ledidae, Malletidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 92 pp., 12 pl.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	La Perna R. (1998). On Asperarca Sacco, 1898 (Bivalvia, Arcidae) and two new Mediterranean species. Bollettino Malacologico. 33 (1-4): 11-18.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Asperarca Sacco, 1898. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137671