Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Arcida - (Family) Arcidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Arcinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Subsequent entries

Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Arcinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 340.

Alternative positions

Arcidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1140.

Historical positions

Arcidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Arcidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 206.
Arcinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 340.
Arcidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Pteriomorphia (Subclass) Beurlen, 1944	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Arcinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 364.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Arcinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1110.
Taxodonta (Order)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Asiphonia (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 449. [rough position]
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1140.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 693. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[15s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[15s]