Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Arcticoidea

Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844)

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arctica Schumacher, 1817

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: krompen

Literature

original description

Newton, R.B. (1891). Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. London, British Museum, xxviii + 365 pp.

basis of record

Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.

additional source

Boss, K. J. (1969). Nomenclatorial Note: Arcticidae versus Cyprinidae (Mollusca; Bivalvia). The Nautilus. 83(2): 61-64.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844). 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:241

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-09-29 by Simon Schneider

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