Samacar

Samacar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Family:	Arcidae
Genus:	Samacar; Iredale, 1936
Species
	Samacar aleutica Kamenev, 2007; Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007; Samacar strabo (Hedley, 1915);

Samacar³ is a genus of bivalves in the family Arcidae which has three species.⁴ It was first described by malacologist Tom Iredale in 1936 with the type taxon S. strabo found in Dundas, New South Wales, Australia.³ Shells are about 11 millimeters long.⁵ This genus spans throughout the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean reaching as far north as Japan⁴

References

Kamenev G.M. 2007. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936 (Bivalvia: Arcidae) with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species from the northern Pacific. Journal of Conchology 39(3): 297-320.
Hedley, C. (1915). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 39: 695–755, pls. 77–85 ["1914"; published 26 Feb 1915]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6382583
Iredale, T. (1936-04-07). "Australian molluscan notes. No. 2". Records of the Australian Museum. 19 (5): 267–340. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704. ISSN 0067-1975.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Samacar Iredale, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
Cooper, Michael R. (2016-04-01). "The genus Arabitrigonia (Cretaceous Bivalvia: Pterotrigoniidae), with descriptions of two new species". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 280 (1): 1–5. Bibcode:2016NJGPA.280....1C. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560. ISSN 0077-7749.

[1] Kamenev G.M. 2007. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936 (Bivalvia: Arcidae) with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species from the northern Pacific. Journal of Conchology 39(3): 297-320.

[2] Hedley, C. (1915). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 39: 695–755, pls. 77–85 ["1914"; published 26 Feb 1915]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6382583

[:0-3] Iredale, T. (1936-04-07). "Australian molluscan notes. No. 2". Records of the Australian Museum. 19 (5): 267–340. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704. ISSN 0067-1975.

[:1-4] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Samacar Iredale, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

[5] Cooper, Michael R. (2016-04-01). "The genus Arabitrigonia (Cretaceous Bivalvia: Pterotrigoniidae), with descriptions of two new species". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 280 (1): 1–5. Bibcode:2016NJGPA.280....1C. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560. ISSN 0077-7749.

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