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family Arcidae

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Noun1.family Arcidae - ark shellsfamily Arcidae - ark shells                          
Arcidae
mollusk family - a family of mollusks
Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels
Arca, genus Arca - type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams
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The spawning pattern of the family Arcidae typically becomes broader with decreasing latitude, and many species including Anadara ovalis, Anadara similis (Adams, 1852), Anadara grandis (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829), and Anadara tuberculosa (Sowerby, 1883) have ripe individuals year round in the warm waters of Florida and Central America (Power et al.
Gametogenic cycle of the ponderous ark, Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822), ... by Manley, Justin / Journal of Shellfish Research
A member of the ark shell family Arcidae, the blood ark, Anadara ovalis (Bruguiere 1789) occurs from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to the West Indies and Brazil, at depths ranging from the low-tide line to >3 m (Abbott 1974, Anderson et al.
Reproductive pattern of the blood ark, anadara ovalis from the ... by Sturmer, Leslie / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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