Arca

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Arcida › Arcidae

Collected by: Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer; Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer
Date: June 10, 1943
Locality: Christmas Island
Island: Kiritimati
Region: Kiribati
Coordinates: 1.8401, -157.3682 ± 27,331 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

63 Bishop specimens of Arca · collected 1902–1993Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On June 10, 1943, Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer; Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Arca observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-01-15.

2024-01-15

Christmas Island, KI

(c) Rosario Douglas, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Arca. BPBM 200923. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/200923.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026