MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Arcticoidea | Arcticidae | Arctica islandica
nominal species Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767
Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 = Arctica islandica
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Arctica islandica — Huang et al., 2025: Table S5.
= Arctica islandica — Wu et al., 2023: Tables 2, S1.
= Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) — Combosch et al., 2017: Table 1.
= Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) — Bieler et al., 2014: Table 1.
= Arctica islandica — Giribet & Wheeler, 2002: Table 2.
= Cyprina islandica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830: 46.
= Cyclas islandica n. — Lamarck, 1806: 420.
