Acar is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.[1]

Acar
View of a left valve of an Acar species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Acar
Gray, 1857

Some authors consider it to be a subgenus of Barbatia.[2]

Species

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Species in this genus include:

Although Simone lists another species Acar domingensis,[2] it has been reclassified as Barbatia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Acar Gray, 1857". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Simone, Luiz Ricardo L. (March 2009), "A new species of Acar (Bivalvia, Arcidae) from São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil" (PDF), Novapex, 10 (1): 9–16