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Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Systema naturae ed. 12: 1131

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Venerida
family
Arcticidae
genus
Arctica
species
Arctica islandica

Name

Synonyms
Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cyprina islandica crassior Jeffreys, 1864
Cyprina islandica inflata Odhner, 1911
Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864
Cyprina islandica var. inflata Odhner, 1911
Cyprina vulgaris G.B.Sowerby I, 1831
Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778
Venus buccardium Born, 1778
Venus ferröensis Röding, 1798
Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767
Venus pitar Röding, 1798
Homonyms
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Common names
Iceland Cyprina in English
Iceland Cyprina in English
Iceland cyprina in English
Icelandic Cyprine in English
Icelandic Cyprine in English
Icelandic cyprine in English
Islandmuschel in German
Molboøsters in Danish
Ocean Quahog in English
Ocean Quahog in English
Ocean Quahog in English
Ocean quahog in English
Praire d’Islande in French
almeja de Islandia in Spanish
cyprine d'Islande in French
deniz tarağı in Turkish
kuskjel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
kuskjell in Norwegian Bokmål
kuskjell in Norwegian
molboøsters in language.
noordkromp in Dutch
ocean quahog in English
ocean quahog in English
praire d'Islande in French
vongola oceanica in Italian
циприна исландская in Russian
Icelandic Cyprine in English
Noordkromp in Dutch
Ocean Quahog in English
gusaskálžu in Northern Sami
islandsmussla in Swedish
kuskjel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
kuskjell in Norwegian Bokmål
Iceland cyprina in English
Icelandic cyprine in English
Islandmuschel in German
almeja de Islandia in Spanish
bollmussla in Swedish
cyprine d'Islande in French
deniz tarağı in Turkish
kuskjel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
kuskjell in Norwegian
kuskjell in Norwegian Bokmål
molboøsters in Danish
noordkromp in Dutch
ocean quahog in English
vongola oceanica in Italian
циприна исландская in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
  2. Dahlgren, T. G.; Weinberg, J. R.; Halanych, K. M. (2000). Phylogeography of the ocean quahog (<i>Arctica islandica</i>): influences of paleoclimate on genetic diversity and species range. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 137(3): 487-495.
  3. De Bruyne, R.H. (2004)
  4. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213.
  5. Hawkins, C. M. & Angus, R. B. (1986). Preliminary observations on predation on ocean quahaugs, <i>Arctica islandica</i>, by Atlantic wolffish <i>Anarhichas lupus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 100(4): 126-129.
  6. 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.
  7. Jones, D. S. (1979). The nemertean, <i>Malacobdella grossa</i>, in the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(1): 29-30, fig. 1.
  8. Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker
  9. Landers, W. S. (1976). Reproduction and early development of the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i>, in the laboratory. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 90(2): 88-92, figs. 1-3.
  10. Lutz, R. A.; Mann, R.; Goodsell, J. G.; Castagna, M. (1982). Larval and early post-larval development of <i>Arctica Islandica</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 62(4): 745-769. 10.1017/s0025315400070314
  11. Russell, H. D. (1955). A new clam industry in New England. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(2): 53-56.
  12. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  13. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  14. Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1997). A long-term growth record derived from <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Fladen Ground (Northern North Sea). <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 77</i>: 801-816
  15. Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1999). Geographical differences in growth rates of <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the North Sea and adjacent waters. <i>Journal of tha Marine Biological Association of the UK 79</i>: 907-915
  16. Witbaard, R. & Klein, R. (1994). Long-term trends on the effects of the southern North Sea beamtrawl fishery on the bivalve mollusc <i>Arctica islandica</i> L. (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 51(1): 99-105. 10.1006/jmsc.1994.1009
  17. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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