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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Samacar Iredale, 1936 |
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Samacar is a genus of bivalves in the family Arcidae which has three species. 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. This genus spans throughout the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean reaching as far north as Japan
References
- Kamenev G.M. 2007. Genus Samacar Iredale, 1936 (Bivalvia: Arcidae) with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species from the northern Pacific. Journal of Conchology 39(3): 297-320.
- Hedley, C. (1915). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 39: 695–755, pls. 77–85 ., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6382583
- ^ Iredale, T. (1936-04-07). "Australian molluscan notes. No. 2". Records of the Australian Museum. 19 (5): 267–340. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.704. ISSN 0067-1975.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Samacar Iredale, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- 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. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0560. ISSN 0077-7749.
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| Samacar | |