MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969

ERMS taxon details

Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969

Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
Specimen from Fuengirola, S. Spain (actual size 17.3 mm)

AphiaID

510999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510999)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Arca tetragona Poli, 1795 accepted as Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795) (type by original designation)

Parent

Arcidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969

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Species Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)
Species Tetrarca imbricata (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Lamarcka imbricata (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=510999 on 2026-01-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510999 on 2026-01-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-01 10:13:04Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 12:11:24Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2010-10-27 11:09:18Z

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Tran, Bastien

2012-01-01 17:22:30Z

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Gofas, Serge

2012-02-05 08:49:57Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-07 23:04:03Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2021-03-06 18:16:55Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-11-08 08:06:35Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 20 [details]

basis of record 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 RoR) [details]

status source Vermeij, G.; Amano, K. (2021). The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). The Nautilus. 135(2): 42–46. [details] Available for editors