Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Crenellinae > Genus Arcuatula

Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arcuatula*	Jousseaume, 1919	accepted genus name
*Modiola (Arcuatula)*	Jousseaume, 1919	synonym
*Musculista*	G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1958	synonym
*Musculus (Musculista)*	G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1958	synonym

Species group names

*Musculista perfragilis*	(Dunker, 1857)	synonym
*Volsella perfragilis*	Dunker, 1857	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857). 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:505951