MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS name details

Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

153018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153018)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Variety Arca lactea var. erythraea Issel, 1869 accepted as Striarca erythraea (Issel, 1869) (basionym)
Variety Arca lactea var. gibba Krauss, 1848 accepted as Striarca pisolina (Lamarck, 1819)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153018 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-11-19 08:29:14Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2024-02-25 06:38:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]