Noetiidae

Noetiidae
	Three shells of Striarca lactea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Superfamily:	Arcoidea
Family:	Noetiidae; Stewart, 1930
Genera
	See text

Noetiidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Arcida.^[1]^[2] They are related to the ark clams and used to be classified as among them. They are differentiated from the ark clams by the presence of striations on the hinge ligament and on the placement of this ligament. Like the ark clams, however, their shells range from ovate to elongate, are inflated, and are brown and white with clear radial ribs. They usually grow to around 6 cm in length, with a maximum of 10 cm.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Noetidae include:

Arcopsis Koenen, 1885
- Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
- Arcopsis fossularca
- Arcopsis gabinarca
- Arcopsis mulinarca
- Arcopsis ribriarca
- Arcopsis scapularca
- Arcopsis solida (Sowerby, 1833)
- Arcopsis spinearca
- Arcopsis verilarca
Estellacar Iredale, 1939
Noetia Gray, 1857
- Noetia alssoni
- Noetia bisulcata
- Noetia delgada (Lowe, 1935)
- Noetia lindae
- Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822)
- Noetia reversa (Sowerby, 1833)
Noetiella
- Noetiella congoensis
Rectangularca
Scapularca
Scelidionarca
Sheldonella
- Sheldonella barbatiella
- Sheldonella didimacar
- Sheldonella minutalis
- Sheldonella paranoetia
Stenocista^{[citation needed]}
- Stenocista gambiensis
Striarca
- Striarca afra
- Striarca breviarca
- Striarca estellacar
- Striarca galactella
- Striarca lactea
- Striarca pectunculiformis
Trigonodesma^{[citation needed]}
Trinacria^{[citation needed]}
Verilarca
- Verilarca sinensis

References

^ GRAHAM OLIVER, P; VON COSEL, R. (1992). "Taxonomy of Tropical West African Bivalves V. Noetiidae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 14 (3–4): 655–691. doi:10.5962/p.290066. ISSN 0181-0626.
^ "Family Noetiidae – False Ark Clams", Seashells of Southern Florida, Princeton University Press, pp. 58–61, 2021-11-09, doi:10.2307/j.ctv1zm2v56.13, S2CID 243949765, retrieved 2023-10-11

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[1] GRAHAM OLIVER, P; VON COSEL, R. (1992). "Taxonomy of Tropical West African Bivalves V. Noetiidae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 14 (3–4): 655–691. doi:10.5962/p.290066. ISSN 0181-0626.

[2] "Family Noetiidae – False Ark Clams", Seashells of Southern Florida, Princeton University Press, pp. 58–61, 2021-11-09, doi:10.2307/j.ctv1zm2v56.13, S2CID 243949765, retrieved 2023-10-11

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