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

Arca fusca [Lightfoot], 1786

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: nom. dub.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arca*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Arca (Arca)*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Literature

original description	Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp.
status source	Rehder, H. A. (1967). Valid zoological names of the Portland Catalogue. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121: 1-51.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca fusca [Lightfoot], 1786. 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:747686

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