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

Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acar*	J. E. Gray, 1857	accepted genus name
*Barbatia (Acar)*	J. E. Gray, 1857	synonym

Species group names

*Arca imbricata*	Poli, 1795	junior homonym
*Arca merilla*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Arca partannensis*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Arca peregrina*	Libassi, 1859	synonym
*Arca pirpa*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Arca pulchella*	Reeve, 1844	synonym
*Barbatia clathrata*	(Defrance, 1816)	synonym
*Barbatia pulchella*	(Reeve, 1844)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314.
additional source	Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acar clathrata (Defrance, 1816). 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:236692