Arctica (bivalve)

Arctica is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcticidae. In the present day this is a monotypic genus (contains only one species), however there are a number of additional species in the fossil record.

Arctica
A shell of Arctica islandica with the valves separated
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Arcticidae
Genus:	Arctica Schumacher, 1817

Species

Species within the genus Arctica include

Living species:

• Arctica islandica Linnaeus, 1767

Fossil species:

• †Arctica limpidiana
• †Arctica murrayensis
• †Arctica provencialis
• †Arctica subanthooensis