WoRMS taxon details
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
420724 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420724)
accepted
Species
Arca (Fossularca) adamsi Dall, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Arca adamsi Dall, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Arca adamsi Krebs, 1864 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Arca adamsi var. conradiana Dall, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arca caelata Conrad, 1845 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Arca...)
invalid: junior homonym of Arca caelata Reeve, 1844
Barbatia (Fossularca) adamsi (Dall, 1886) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arca adamsi Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 243; note: Attributed to Shuttleworth [details]
page(s): 243; note: Attributed to Shuttleworth [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420724 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arca adamsi Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 243; note: Attributed to Shuttleworth [details]
original description (of Arca adamsi var. conradiana Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Arca caelata Conrad, 1845) Conrad, T. A. (1845). Fossils of the Medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 3. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. 57-80, pl. 30-32, 34-44., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=XgszAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 61, pl. 32, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 243; note: Attributed to Shuttleworth [details]
original description (of Arca adamsi var. conradiana Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Arca caelata Conrad, 1845) Conrad, T. A. (1845). Fossils of the Medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 3. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. 57-80, pl. 30-32, 34-44., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=XgszAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 61, pl. 32, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors






To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arcopsis adamsi)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886) Jamaica, Kingston, Port Royal, on stones in mangrove st...
To Malacopics (Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886) United States, Florida, Boca Grande, by dredging, at 5 ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Arca adamsi Krebs, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arcopsis adamsi)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886) Jamaica, Kingston, Port Royal, on stones in mangrove st...
To Malacopics (Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886) United States, Florida, Boca Grande, by dredging, at 5 ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Arca adamsi Krebs, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS