Acar domingensis

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Scientific Classification


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Acar
Species: Acar domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)

Information

Ironshore Formation

Jaimanitas Formation

Bermont Formation

Abisinia Formation

Caloosahatchee Formation

Urraca Formation

Waccamaw Formation

Layton Formation

Bowden Member

Gatun Formation

Chipola Formation

Arcadia Formation

Tampa Member

Remarks

Common name: White minature ark.

Synonymy:
1819 - Arca domingensis Lamarck: p. 40 (f. WoRMS).
1819 - Arca callifera Lamarck (f. WoRMS).
1849 - Arca listeri R. A. Philippi, 1849 (f. WoRMS).
2025 - Acar domingensis (Lamarck). WoRMS.

Modern distribution: “North Carolina to Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Central America, South America (to Brazil)” (Mikkelsen and Bielder, 2008, p. 52).

References

Mikkelsen, P.M., and R. Bieler. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keyes and adjacent regions. Bivalves. Princeton University Press, 503 pp.