Tegillarca
Genus of bivalves
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Tegillarca is a genus of molluscs of the family Arcidae, the Ark clams.[1]
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| Tegillarca granosa, commonly referred to as the "blood cockle" | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Tegillarca Iredale 1939 [1][2] |
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Species
Species of this genus include:
- Tegillarca addita (Iredale, 1939)
- Tegillarca aequilatera (Dunker, 1868)
- Tegillarca bicors (Jonas in Philippi, 1845)
- Tegillarca disessa (Iredale, 1939)
- Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tegillarca nodifera (E. von Martens, 1860)
- Tegillarca rhombea (Born, 1778)
- Tegillarca zanzibarensis (Nyst, 1848) [1]
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