''Tegillarca'' is a

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molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

of the

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Arcidae, the

Ark clam Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide. The shells of ark clams are of ...

Species

Species of this genus include: * ''

Tegillarca addita ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * ''Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philippi, ...

'' (Iredale, 1939) * ''

Tegillarca aequilatera ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philippi ...

'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''

Tegillarca bicors ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * '' Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philipp ...

'' (Jonas in Philippi, 1845) * ''

Tegillarca disessa ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philippi ...

'' (Iredale, 1939) * ''

Tegillarca granosa ''Tegillarca granosa'' (also known as ''Anadara granosa'') is a species of ark clam known as the blood cockle or blood clam due to the red haemoglobin liquid inside the soft tissues. It is found throughout the Indo-Pacific region from the eastern ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

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Tegillarca nodifera ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philippi ...

'' (E. von Martens, 1860) * ''

Tegillarca rhombea ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * '' Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philipp ...

'' (Born, 1778) * ''

Tegillarca zanzibarensis ''Tegillarca'' is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams. Species Species of this genus include: * '' Tegillarca addita'' (Iredale, 1939) * '' Tegillarca aequilatera'' (Dunker, 1868) * ''Tegillarca bicors'' (Jonas in Philippi ...

'' (Nyst, 1848)

References

External links

Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. (1852); Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 (+2) pp. (1853). Hafniae

Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7
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