Samacar

Genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samacar[3] is a genus of bivalves in the family Arcidae which has three species.[4] It was first described by malacologist Tom Iredale in 1936 with the type taxon S. strabo found in Dundas, New South Wales, Australia.[3] Shells are about 11 millimeters long.[5] This genus spans throughout the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean reaching as far north as Japan[4]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Arcida
Family:Arcidae
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Samacar
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Samacar
Iredale, 1936
Species
  • Samacar aleutica Kamenev, 2007[1]
  • Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007
  • Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915)[2]
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