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(of Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Type data

Note Mediterranean Sea [can be inferred to be...

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Type locality Mediterranean Sea [can be inferred to be Algeria as the material originated from Brander, Swedish diplomat in Algeria at the time of Linnaeus] [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from the English Channel to Mauritania, also Canary and Cape Verde Islands; Mediterranean. Additional...

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from the English Channel to Mauritania, also Canary and Cape Verde Islands; Mediterranean. Additional populations in Western and Southern Africa are considered as distinct subspecies.
Gorringe seamount, rare in 70-360 m. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140571 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Arca crinita Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 34-35 [details]

original description (of Arca gaimardi Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 61-62, pl. 1 fig. 36-39 [details]

original description (of Arca lactanea S. V. Wood, 1840) Wood S. V. (1840). On the fossil shells of the Crag. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 4(41): 230-234, pl. 13; 4(42): 294-299, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2354214
page(s): 232, pl. 13 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Arca pennantiana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]

original description (of Arca perforans W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Arca quoyi Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 62, pl. 1 fig. 40-43 [details]

original description (of Arca rosea Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. Antonelli: Venezia. [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=wU09AAAAYAAJ
page(s): 31 [details]

original description (of Arca striata Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus Arca. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2: December 1843; 3-4: January 1844; 5-8: February 1844; 9-12: March 1844; 13-14: April 1844; 15-16: May 1844; 17: June 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937002
page(s): Sp. 121 [details]

original description (of Arca striatella Nyst, 1848) Nyst P. H. J. (1848). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles de la familie des Arcacées. pt. 1 Genre Arca. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique : 22: 1-79, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2885636 [details]

original description (of Striarca lactea epetrima P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993) Oliver P.G. & Cosel R. von. (1993). Taxonomy of tropical West African Bivalves. V. Noetiidae. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Section A Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 14(3-4): 655-691., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/14/655.pdf
page(s): 670-678, fig. 12C; pl. 1, fig. 6A-B [details]

original description (of Striarca lactea scoliosa P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993) Oliver P.G. & Cosel R. von. (1993). Taxonomy of tropical West African Bivalves. V. Noetiidae. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Section A Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 14(3-4): 655-691., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/14/655.pdf
page(s): 669-678, fig. 12B; pl. 1, fig. 7A-B [details]

original description (of Arca reticulata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 311 [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Biology Type of larval development: not documented [inferred from prodissoconch morphology to be short planktonic, non-planktotrophic] [details]

Diagnosis Shell solid, quadrangular in outline, quite swollen, slightly inequilateral, up to 15 mm. An obtuse keel runs from the umbo to the posteroventral end. Umbos swollen, quite separate, separated from the hing line by a triangular ligamental area covered by a brown layer of the ligament. Exterior with very fine, granulose radial ribs and clear growth stages. Colour white, covered with a yellowish periostracum which forms a few scattered hairs in the vicinity of the ventral edge. [details]

Type locality Mediterranean Sea [can be inferred to be Algeria as the material originated from Brander, Swedish diplomat in Algeria at the time of Linnaeus] [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Publication date The correct date of publication is 1758 and not 1767 as Peuchot & Tassin (1980) maintain. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	melkwitte arkschelparkschelp [from synonym]	[details]
English	milky-white ark	[details]
German	Weiße ArchenmuschelMilchweiße Archenmuschel	[details]