Noetiidae
Encyclopedia
Noetiidae is a family
of bivalves related to the ark clam
s. They are differentiated from the ark clams by the presence of striation
s on the hinge ligament
. They usually grow to around 6 cm in length, with 10 cm the maximum.
Rectangularca
Scapularca
Scelidionarca
Sheldonella
Sheldonella didimacar
Sheldonella minutalis
Sheldonella paranoetia
Stenocista
Striarca
Striarca breviarca
Striarca estellacar
Striarca galactella
Striarca lactea
Striarca pectunculiformis
Trigonodesma
Trinacria
Verilarca
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of bivalves related to the ark clam
Ark clam
Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide....
s. They are differentiated from the ark clams by the presence of striation
Striation
Striations means a series of ridges, furrows or linear marks, and are used in several ways* Glacial striation* Striation , a striation as a result of a geological fault* In medicine, striated muscle...
s on the hinge ligament
Ligament
In anatomy, the term ligament is used to denote any of three types of structures. Most commonly, it refers to fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones and is also known as articular ligament, articular larua, fibrous ligament, or true ligament.Ligament can also refer to:* Peritoneal...
. They usually grow to around 6 cm in length, with 10 cm the maximum.
Species
- Arcopsis Koenen, 1885
- Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
- Arcopsis fossularca
- Arcopsis gabinarca
- Arcopsis mulinarca
- Arcopsis ribriarca
- Arcopsis scapularca
- Arcopsis solida (Sowerby, 1833)
- Arcopsis spinearca
- Arcopsis verilarca
- Noetia Gray, 1857
- Noetia alssoni
- Noetia bisulcata
- Noetia delgada (Lowe, 1935)
- Noetia lindae
- Noetia ponderosaNoetia ponderosaNoetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a clam in the family Noetiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia to Texas....
(Say, 1822) - Noetia reversa (Sowerby, 1833)
- Noetiella
Trigonodesma
Trigonodesma is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-References:*...
- Verilarca sinensis