Ark clam

<h2 id="human-use">Human use</h2>

Ark clams are edible mollusks that have been consumed since pre-historic times and are still consumed today. Numerous recipes for ark clams have been published. Recreational foragers should follow seafood safety guidelines and shellfish harvesting restrictions, and should be aware of any <a href="/facts/Harmful_algal_bloom/Nj8DA7YE">harmful algal blooms</a> that may contaminate shellfish with biotoxins. Shellfish collected in urban areas should not be eaten raw.
<a href="/facts/Tegillarca_granosa/MErUspYt">Tegillarca granosa</a> was used as a food by Indigenous peoples living on the northern Australian coastline through at least the past ~4500 years, with extensive evidence preserved in the form of <a href="/facts/Shell_mound/WhyFbjyq">shell mound</a> sites.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> Large ark clams, such as <a href="/facts/Arca_zebra/UuwKGDr6">Arca zebra</a>, are commonly used as bait, as well as food, throughout the <a href="/facts/Caribbean/zRI9aMCh">Caribbean</a>. In Japan, red Ark clams, called Akagai, are used in <a href="/facts/Sushi/4WedU0r1">sushi</a> or <a href="/facts/Sashimi/IL1fN4gD">sashimi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> Some ark clams species, such as the <a href="/facts/Blood_cockle/MErUspYt">blood cockle</a> (<a href="/facts/Anadara_granosa/MErUspYt">Anadara granosa</a>, a.k.a. <a href="/facts/Tegillarca_granosa/MErUspYt">Tegillarca granosa</a>) are raised in <a href="/facts/Aquaculture/MYdIMfbt">aquaculture</a>, e.g. in the estuaries of China's <a href="/facts/Fujian/Knjv0XCG">Fujian</a> coast.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> In the U.S. limited quantities of wild ark clams have been harvested in <a href="/facts/North_Carolina/VhKNTULI">North Carolina</a> and <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a> for ethnic markets and aquaculture has been explored. <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>
In the south Pacific region, Ark clams are still gathered by indigenous people as an important subsistence food. Ark clams are harvested, mostly by women, by <a href="/facts/Gleaning/68XlWJgy">gleaning</a> intertidal zones.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> To maintain the Ark Clam fishery, several communities in <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji</a> are imposing a minimum size limit of 3 cm, closures during spawning periods, and establishing "no-take" areas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>

<h2 id="genera">Genera</h2>

Genera within the family Arcidae include:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Acar_(bivalve)/X8xQfA7r">Acar</a> <a href="/facts/John_Edward_Gray/6JdrIDH0">Gray</a>, 1857</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Anadara/gz3EMzLK">Anadara</a> <a href="/facts/John_Edward_Gray/6JdrIDH0">Gray</a>, 1847</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Arca_(bivalve)/C0qDbjdn">Arca</a> <a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/facts/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/8H6KJrLJ">1758</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Barbatia/5qNXPcwr">Barbatia</a> <a href="/facts/John_Edward_Gray/6JdrIDH0">Gray</a>, 1847</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bathyarca/gAINAm6k">Bathyarca</a> Kobelt, 1891</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bentharca/8B2BNu1y">Bentharca</a> Verrill and Bush, 1898</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Larkinia/PwNPbmEX">Larkinia</a> Reinhart, 1935</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Samacar/8Nwr0qaV">Samacar</a> <a href="/facts/Tom_Iredale/0gG1xW0V">Iredale</a>, 1936</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Senilia/ff92bQNt">Senilia</a> <a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/facts/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/8H6KJrLJ">1758</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tegillarca/PI1qjm7P">Tegillarca</a> <a href="/facts/Tom_Iredale/0gG1xW0V">Iredale</a>, 1939</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Palestinarca/Xob632WX">Palestinarca</a>†</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

<a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to Arcidae.

<ul><li><a href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79326">ITIS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Arcidae.html">Archerd Shell Collection, Ark clams</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120606032131/http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Arcidae.html">Archived</a> 2012-06-06 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Patrick, Faulkner (2013). Life on the margins : an archaeological investigation of late Holocene economic variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia. Acton, A.C.T. ISBN 9781925021103. OCLC 850906221.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) <a href="9781925021103" target="_blank">9781925021103</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Akagai (Ark Shell Clam)". The Sushi FAQ. Retrieved 2024-06-02. <a href="https://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashimi-info/the-many-different-types-of-sushi-items-and-their-japanese-names/akagai-surf-clam/" target="_blank">https://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashimi-info/the-many-different-types-of-sushi-items-and-their-japanese-names/akagai-surf-clam/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Ruǎn Jīnshān; Li Xiùzhū; Lín Kèbīng; Luō Dōnglián; Zhōu Chén; Cài Qīnghǎi (阮金山;李秀珠;林克冰;罗冬莲;周宸;蔡清海), 
安海湾南岸滩涂养殖贝类死亡原因调查分析 Archived 2020-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (Analysis of the causes of death of farmed shellfish on the mudflats in the southern part of Anhai Bay), 《福建水产》 (Fujian Aquaculture), 2005-04 <a href="http://mall.cnki.net/magazine/Article/FJSC200504006.htm" target="_blank">http://mall.cnki.net/magazine/Article/FJSC200504006.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). "Investigation of Blood Ark and Ponderous Ark Culture and Marketability". Florida Shellfish Aquaculture Online Resource Guide. Retrieved 2024-06-02. <a href="https://shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu/projects/shellfish-aquaculture-production-and-management/blood-and-ponderous-ark/" target="_blank">https://shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu/projects/shellfish-aquaculture-production-and-management/blood-and-ponderous-ark/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">The Pacific Community (SPC) (2021). "Information Sheet for Fishing Communities #22: Ark Clams" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2024. <a href="https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf" target="_blank">https://lmmanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Anon_12_ISFC_22_Anadara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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Ark clam