MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Arca noae 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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Descriptive notes

Distribution Mediterranean and West Africa

Distribution Mediterranean and West Africa [details]

Nomenclature ICZN direction 1: specific name of type species of Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Nomenclature ICZN direction 1: specific name of type species of Arca Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138788 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-04-12 13:32:24Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2008-03-12 15:15:40Z

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Gofas, Serge

2021-11-13 08:07:12Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description 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): 693 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Arca noe var. pessima Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. stricta Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. immensa Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. latipes Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. typica Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. arcuata Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. bifurcata Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. sandalina Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. expansa Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. truncatula Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. albida Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. ventricosa Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. atra Monterosato, 1916) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. clausa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309 [details]

original description (of Arca noe var. abbreviata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 177 [details]

original description (of Arca noae var. suprapectinata Coen, 1929) Coen G. (1929). Note malacologiche. 1 - Nuova varietà dell'Arca noae L. 2 - Sul notevole sviluppo ipertrofico delle cicatrici dell'adduttore anteriore delle valve in alcuni individui dell'Arca noae L. 3 - Di una nuova specie adriatica del genere ^Modiolaria^. Atti dell'Accademia Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 20: 133-137, pl. 5
page(s): 134 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [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 Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Monterosato, T. A. di. (1916). Nota sull'Arca Noe. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series 3 [= 23] (1–6): 61–63 [June 1st, 1916]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30489663 [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 293 [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]

additional source Peharda, M., D. Ezgeta-Balic, J. Davenport & N. Vrgoc. (2013). The potential for aquaculture of the bearded horse mussel (Modiolus barbatus) and Noah's Ark shell (Arca noae) in southern Croatia. Aquaculture International 21(3):639-653. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-012-9598-1 [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 108-109 [details]

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Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Distribution Mediterranean and West Africa [details]

Nomenclature ICZN direction 1: specific name of type species of Arca Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	midhja varkë e noes	[details]
Catalan	peu de cabrit	[details]
English	Noah's ark shellNoah's arkNoah's arch	[details]
French	arche de Noe	[details]
German	ArchenmuschelArche Noah-MuschelArche Noah	[details]
Italian	arca di Noè	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Καλόγνωμη	[details]
Polish	arka Noego	[details]
Spanish	arca de Noé	[details]