order
Arcida
Arcida is an order in the class Bivalvia. This database currently files 1,743 species under it, recorded across 2 countries.
- Species filed
- 1,743
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 2
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
What is in Arcida?
26 families filed directly under this order.
Arcidae
blood clam, noah's ark, turkey wing, eared ark …
646 speciesGlycymerididae
combshell, decussate bittersweet, violet bittersweet, wavy bittersweet …
288 speciesParallelodontidae
Antonella catelliformis, Aptolinter aptiensis, Arca semilarvis, Carbonarca cortazari …
262 speciesLimopsidae
eared limops, sulcate limops, akutan limops, Aspalima affinis …
187 speciesPhilobryidae
hairy philobrya, antillean philobryid, Adacnarca crenella, Adacnarca decapitata …
150 speciesNoetiidae
cancellate ark, ponderous ark, solid ark, milky ark …
115 speciesCucullaeidae
hooded ark, Cryptochasma ovale, Cucullaea adelaidensis, Cucullaea alta …
79 speciesGlyptarcidae
Camnantia ampla, Erhaiconcha xiangyangensis, Glyptarca primaeva, Glyptarca radnorensis …
10 speciesFrejidae
Alytodonta gibbosa, Freja fecunda, Trecanolia acincta, Uskardita mikraulax
4 speciesCatamarcaiidae
1 speciesPucamyidae
1 speciesAegilops
0 speciesArginopsis
0 speciesCurvirostrum
0 speciesHeikea
0 speciesHoeferia
0 speciesMacrodontella
0 speciesManaia
0 speciesMetapadia
0 speciesNoetiopsis
0 speciesPitchleriidae
0 speciesSowteria
0 speciesStenzelia
0 speciesTaeniarca
0 speciesVigorniella
0 speciesWarburgia
0 species
Best-known members of Arcida
Ranked by popularity score.
Blood clam
Tegillarca granosa
Noah's ark
Arca noae
Turkey wing
Arca zebra
Combshell
Glycymeris glycymeris
Eared ark
Anadara notabilis
Blood clam
Anadara broughtonii
Kagoshima blood cockle
Anadara kagoshimensis
Ancient ark
Anadara antiquata
Where is Arcida found?
Species on file in this order listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 2
- 3–9
- 10
- 11+
The 200 best-known species in Arcida
Of 1,743 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood clam | Tegillarca granosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Noah's ark | Arca noae | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Turkey wing | Arca zebra | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Combshell | Glycymeris glycymeris | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Eared ark | Anadara notabilis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blood clam | Anadara broughtonii | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Kagoshima blood cockle | Anadara kagoshimensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ancient ark | Anadara antiquata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Incongruous ark | Anadara brasiliana | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Transverse ark | Anadara transversa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pustulose ark | Anadara tuberculosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy ark | Barbatia barbata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Heavy African ark | Senilia senilis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Triangular ark | Anadara chemnitzii | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Inequivalve ark | Anadara inaequivalvis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-brown ark | Barbatia cancellaria | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Comb bathyark | Bathyarca pectunculoides | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hooded ark | Cucullaea labiata | Cucullaeidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Decussate bittersweet | Glycymeris decussata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Violet bittersweet | Glycymeris nummaria | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wavy bittersweet | Glycymeris undata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Eared limops | Limopsis aurita | Limopsidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blood ark | Lunarca ovalis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Large dog cockle | Tucetona laticostata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Elegant ark | Anadara concinna | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nut ark | Anadara nux | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Navicula ark | Arca navicularis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cancellate ark | Arcopsis adamsi | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Boreal bathyark | Bathyarca frielei | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Glacial bathyark | Bathyarca glacialis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Giant bittersweet | Glycymeris americana | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Clothed bittersweet clam | Glycymeris aspersa | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Northern bittersweet | Glycymeris septentrionalis | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hokkaido bittersweet clam | Glycymeris yessoensis | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sulcate limops | Limopsis sulcata | Limopsidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ponderous ark | Noetia ponderosa | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Miniature ark | Acar bailyi | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Laminated ark | Acar plicata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sydney cockle | Anadara trapezia | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Solid ark | Arcopsis solida | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Almond ark | Barbatia amygdalumtostum | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Two-spotted bittersweet clam | Glycymeris bimaculata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Spectral bittersweet | Glycymeris spectralis | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Twisted ark | Trisidos tortuosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Comb bittersweet | Tucetona pectinata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Basket ark | Anadara corbuloides | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Close-ribbed ark | Anadara crebricostata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Beautiful ark | Anadara formosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Globose ark | Anadara globosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Full-lipped ark | Anadara labiosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lipped ark | Anadara perlabiata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Senegal ark | Anadara senegalensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Velvety ark | Anadara uropigimelana | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pinched ark | Anadara vellicata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bouvier's ark | Arca bouvieri | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Comet ark | Barbatia cometa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Oblique ark shell | Barbatia obliquata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Little pink-nosed ark | Barbatia parva | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Little-ball bathyark | Bathyarca glomerula | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| White-lined bittersweet clam | Glycymeris albolineata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Commarginal bittersweet | Glycymeris keenae | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Small dog cockle | Glycymeris modesta | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Reeve's bittersweet clam | Glycymeris reevei | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Akutan limops | Limopsis akutanica | Limopsidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy philobrya | Philobrya setosa | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Milky ark | Striarca lactea | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nodular ark | Tegillarca nodifera | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Half-twisted ark | Trisidos semitorta | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Botany Bay ark-shell | Acar botanica | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Scaly ark-shell | Acar squamosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Globose ark | Anadara aliena | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Onion-like ark | Anadara cepoides | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Latticed ark | Anadara craticulata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Unequal ark | Anadara disparilis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rusty ark | Anadara ferruginea | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Diluvial ark | Anadara gibbosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Luzon ark | Anadara gubernaculum | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Stout ark | Anadara obesa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hubbard's ark | Anadara rotundicostata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Skewed ark | Anadara secernenda | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cut-ribbed ark | Anadara secticostata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ark cockle | Anadara similis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Eyed ark | Arca ocellata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Panamic Turkey wing | Arca pacifica | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ragged ark | Barbatia lacerata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lurid ark | Barbatia lurida | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Banded ark | Barbatia pistachia | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Trapeziform ark | Barbatia trapezina | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Delicate ark | Calloarca tenella | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Olive ark | Estellacar olivacea | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Giant bittersweet | Glycymeris gigantea | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hedley's dog cockle | Glycymeris holoserica | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy dog cockle | Glycymeris pilosa | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rayed bittersweet clam | Glycymeris radians | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Script bittersweet | Glycymeris scripta | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Striate bittersweet clam | Glycymeris striatularis | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Great ark | Larkinia grandis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Two-stringed ark | Mesocibota bistrigata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Reversed ark | Noetia reversa | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Japanese propeller ark | Trisidos kiyonoi | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Gold-flowing Pectunculus | Tucetona auriflua | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fan-like dog cockle | Tucetona flabellata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Muscat bittersweet | Tucetona guesi | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Narrow-ribbed ark | Anadara angicostata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Closed ark | Anadara occlusa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Shagreen ark | Asperarca sagrinata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Obtuse ark | Barbatia scazon | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bristly ark | Barbatia setigera | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Little Cowl shell | Bathyarca adelaideana | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Metella ark-shell | Destacar metella | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Olive-colored ark | Estellacar saga | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Delicate ark | Fugleria tenera | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Concentric bittersweet | Glycymeris concentrica | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Beautiful bittersweet | Glycymeris formosa | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Flame dog cockle | Glycymeris grayana | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Vovan bittersweet | Glycymeris stellata | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Short-fronted ark | Lunarca brevifrons | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Granulated dog cockle | Melaxinaea vitrea | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| One-sided ark | Sheldonella lateralis | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Gambia ark | Stenocista gambiensis | Noetiidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Broadfoot's dock cockle | Tucetona broadfooti | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nodulose dog cockle | Tucetona gealei | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sordid dog cockle | Tucetona sordida | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-brown ark | Acar domingensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Antillean Philobryid | Cratis antillensis | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Clothed ark | Cucullaearca foliata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Unwashed ark | Fugleria illota | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hazelnut ark | Lamarcka avellana | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bermuda bittersweet | Tucetona subtilis | Glycymerididae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar abdita | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar agulhasensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar aspera | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar beadata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar bernardi | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar carditaeformis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar celleporacea | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar clathrata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar coma | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar congenita | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar congenital | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar crustata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar decorata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar dubia | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar gradata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar gunsoni | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar harringtoni | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar lamellosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar lepidoformis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar lyelli | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar marsupialis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar merope | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar montlauri | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar naturezae | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar oliveirae | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar olivercoseli | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar opuraensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar petasion | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar petropolitana | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar powelli | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar pseudolamellosa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar pusilla | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar putealis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar requiescens | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar rostae | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar salebrosus | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar sandersonae | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar scaberrima | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar simulans | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar sociella | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar somalica | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar transmar | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar triangulata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar viridis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acar whangaensis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca crenella | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca decapitata | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca harrisonae | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca limopsoides | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca minuta | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca nitens | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca ornata | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca pileopsis | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca polarsterni | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca squamea | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca trapezina | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Adacnarca velaini | Philobryidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alytodonta gibbosa | Frejidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ambrogia mytiloides | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara abdita | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara acompsa | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara actinophora | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara adamsi | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara adiastola | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara aequalitas | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara aequatorialis | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara aequicostata | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara aethiopica | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara ambigua | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara amicula | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Anadara aquitanica | Arcidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |