Galapagos Species Database
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Acar rostae
Concha arca, Ark shell
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Arcida
Superfamily
Arcoidea
Family
Arcidae
Genus
Acar
Species
rostae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Arca pholadiformis C. B. Adams, 1852; Barbatia (Acar) rostae S. S. Berry, 1954 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acar rostae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9320. Accessed 2 June 2025.