Arca imbricata

Author
Bruguière, 1789
Common Names
  • Mossy Ark Clam

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
64 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Quintana Roo, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, Brazil, Cuba, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • byssate
  • commercially important
  • epibiotic
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
  • intertidal
  • platform
Microhabitat
  • associated with tunicate
  • coral
  • patch
  • reef massif
  • rock
  • sand
References

  • Andrews, J. 1977. Shells and Shores of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 365 pp.

  • Chávez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • Mikkelsen, P. M., and R. Bieler. 2004. Critical catalog and annotated bibliography of marine bivalve records for the Florida Keys. Malacologia 46(2): 545–623.

  • Moore, D. R. 1958. Notes on Blanquilla Reef, the most northerly coral formation in the western Gulf of Mexico. University of Texas, Publications of the Institute of Marine Science 5: 151–155.

  • Parker, R. H., and J. R. Curray. 1956. Fauna and bathymetry of banks on the continental shelf of northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(10): 2428–2439.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 1973.161 – Veracruz, Mexico. Present in NW Cuba (J. Ortea and J. Espinosa, Pers. Comm. 2005).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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