Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 29°W Depth: 0 to 42 m Maximum Reported Size: 64 mm
Synonymy
Arca fusca Lightfoot, 1786 Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 Arca umbonata Lamarck, 1819 Byssoarca velata auct. non Sowerby I, 1833 Arca americana d'Orbigny, 1846 Arca patagonica Ihering, 1897
Details
Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789, [Basis of the current name] Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 29°W Depth: 0 to 42 m Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Honduras: Swan Island; Bermuda References: Britton (1975) d; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D
Arca americanad'Orbigny, 1846, p. 652, [d'Orbigny, 1853, pl. 28, figs. 1-2] [Synonym] Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842) Type Locality: Santos, Brésil; Rio de Janeiro; Martinique; Cuba; Guadeloupe; Saint-Lucie; Saint-Thomas; etc. Range: 20°N to 24°S; 74°W to 43°W Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm Distribution: Cuba; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Arca fuscaLightfoot, 1786, p. 42, [Gualtieri pl. 87, fig. G] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Not stated References: Dillwyn (1817) s Comments: Nomen dubium according to Rehder (1967).
Arca patagonica Ihering, 1897, [Synonym] References: Ihering (1907) s (of A. umbonata)
Arca umbonata Lamarck, 1819, [Synonym] Range: 26°N to 9°N; 89.7°W to 80°W Depth: 5.5 to 13 m Maximum Reported Size: 64 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) DdNM; Rice & Kornicker (1962) W
Byssoarca velata auct. non Sowerby I, 1833, [Not available] References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s Comments: Misidentification by Nutting (1895).
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.] [Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum viii + 3-194, frontispiece.
