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Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795)

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

751302  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751302)

accepted
Species
Arca fusca Donovan, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Arca papillosa T. Brown, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arca tetragona Poli, 1795 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arca tetragona Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 137-138, pl. 25 fig. 12-13 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751302 on 2025-11-09
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751302 on 2025-11-09
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2014-01-31 09:42:27Z
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Gofas, Serge
2021-11-08 08:06:35Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Arca tetragona Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 137-138, pl. 25 fig. 12-13 [details] 

original description (of Arca britannica Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Arca</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2: December 1843; 3-4: January 1844; 5-8: February 1844; 9-12: March 1844; 13-14: April 1844; 15-16: May 1844; 17: June 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937002
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 98 [details] 

original description (of Arca cardissa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 38 [details] 

original description (of Arca argenvillea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 311; pl. 12 fig. 172 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Arca fusca Donovan, 1803) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 158 fig. 3-4; note: ex Solander ms. [details] 

original description (of Tetrarca imbricata ibizenca F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp. [details] 

original description (of Arca papillosa T. Brown, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 104, pl. 1 fig. 19 [details] 

status source Vermeij, G.; Amano, K. (2021). The genera <i>Tetrarca</i> (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), <i>Arca</i>, and <i>Lamarcka</i>, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific <i>Tetrarca boucardi</i> (Bivalvia: Arcidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 135(2): 42–46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Arca tetragona Poli, 1795)
To PESI (from synonym Arca tetragona Poli, 1795)
To PESI (from synonym Arca argenvillea Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Arca britannica Reeve, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Arca cardissa Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Arca fusca Donovan, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Tetrarca imbricata ibizenca F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Arca tetragona Poli, 1795)
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