Samacar Explained

Samacar^[1] is a genus of bivalves in the family Arcidae which has three species.^[2] It was first described by malacologist Tom Iredale in 1936 with the type taxon S. strabo found in Dundas, New South Wales, Australia. Shells are about 11 millimeters long.^[3] This genus spans throughout the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean reaching as far north as Japan

Notes and References

1. Iredale . T. . 1936-04-07 . Australian molluscan notes. No. 2 . Records of the Australian Museum . 19 . 5 . 267–340 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704 . 0067-1975. free .
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Samacar Iredale, 1936 . 2023-12-15 . www.marinespecies.org.
3. 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 . 10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560 . 0077-7749.