''Acar'' is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family Arcidae, the ark clams. Some authors consider it to be a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...

of '' Barbatia''.

Species

Species in this genus include: *'' Acar abdita'' P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994 *'' Acar agulhasensis'' (Thiele, 1931) *'' Acar bailyi'' Bartsch, 1931 *'' Acar botanica'' (Hedley, 1917) *''

Acar carditaeformis Acar is a type of vegetable pickling, pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, most prevalent in Indonesian cuisine, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It is a localised version of Indian ''South Asian pickle, achar''. It is known as atjar i ...

'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) *'' Acar clathrata'' (Defrance, 1816) *'' Acar congenita'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) *'' Acar decorata'' (Hayami & Kase, 1993) *'' Acar dubia'' (Baird, 1873) *'' Acar gradata'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829), from California, US *'' Acar lepidoformis'' Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012 *'' Acar marsupialis'' P. G. Oliver & Holmes, 2004 *'' Acar naturezae'' Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012 *'' Acar oliveirae'' Francisco, Barros & S. Lima, 2012 *'' Acar olivercoseli'' M. Huber, 2010 *''

Acar petasion Acar is a type of vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, most prevalent in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It is a localised version of Indian '' achar''. It is known as atjar in Dutch cuisine, derived from Indonesian ''acar' ...

'' (Kilburn, 1983) *'' Acar plicata'' (Dillwyn, 1817) *'' Acar pusilla'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) *'' Acar requiescens'' (Melvill & Standen, 1907) *'' Acar rostae'' (Berry, 1954) *'' Acar sandersonae'' Powell, 1933 *'' Acar sociella'' (Brookes, 1926) *'' Acar squamosa'' (Lamarck, 1819) *'' Acar transmar'' Simone, 2009, from Brazil Although Simone lists another species ''Acar domingensis'', it has been reclassified as Barbatia.

References

Arcidae Bivalve genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Arcidae-stub