Species under Arca
n= 15
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Arca angulata
King & Broderip, 1832
Southeast Pacific
Arca avellana
Lamarck, 1819
Hazelnut ark Indo-Pacific 7
Arca boucardi
Jousseaume, 1894
Kobelt's ark shell Western Pacific
Arca boucardia
Jousseaume, 1894
Western Central Pacific
Arca imbricata
Bruguiere, 1789
Mossy ark Atlantic Ocean
Arca kauaia
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Central Pacific
Arca kobeltiana
Pilsbry, 1904
Western Central Pacific
Arca mutabilis
(Sowerby, 1833)
Changeable ark Southeast Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Arca navicularis
Bruguière, 1789
Indo-Pacific ark Indo-West Pacific 6
Arca noae
Linnaeus, 1758
Noah's ark Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
Arca pectinoides
King & Broderip, 1832
Western Atlantic 3.2
Arca reticulata
Gmelin, 1791
Western Indian Ocean and Northeast Atlantic
Arca submerata
unspecified
Western Pacific
Arca ventricosa
Lamarck, 1819
Ventricose ark Indo-Pacific 9
Arca zebra
(Swainson, 1833)
Turkey wing Atlantic Ocean 10
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