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Family: Noetiidae noetiid ark shells (noetiid) (See list of species below)

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24 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Arcopsis adamsi [Cancellate ark]	No picture found Arcopsis afra []	No picture found Arcopsis sculptilis []
No picture found Arcopsis solida [Solid ark]	No picture found Arcopsis symmetrica []	No picture found Arcopsis thielei []
No picture found Didimacar soyosae []	No picture found Didimacar tenebrica []	No picture found Estellacar galactodes []
Estellacar olivacea [Olive ark]	No picture found Noetia bisulcata []	No picture found Noetia gambiensis [Gambia ark]
No picture found Noetia lindae []	No picture found Noetia ponderosa [Ponderous ark]	No picture found Noetiella vivianae []
No picture found Spinearca fausta []	No picture found Striarca erythraea []	No picture found Striarca lactea []
No picture found Striarca symmetrica [Symmetrical ark shell]	No picture found Striarca tenebrica []	No picture found Striarca zebeunsis []
No picture found Verilarca fausta []	No picture found Verilarca interplicata []	No picture found Verilarca sinensis []

24 Species of Family Noetiidae
(noetiid ark shells (noetiid))

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Arcopsis adamsi	Cancellate ark	Western Atlantic	1.7 DL
Arcopsis afra		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Arcopsis sculptilis		Indo-Pacific.
Arcopsis solida	Solid ark	Eastern Pacific and Weste
Arcopsis symmetrica		Northwest Pacific
Arcopsis thielei		Western Pacific.
Didimacar soyosae		Northwest Pacific
Didimacar tenebrica		Indo-Pacific.
Estellacar galactodes		Pacific Ocean
Estellacar olivacea	Olive ark	Western Pacific and India	3.5 SHL
Noetia bisulcata		Northwest Pacific and Wes	2.5 DL
Noetia gambiensis	Gambia ark	Eastern Central Atlantic
Noetia lindae		Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL
Noetia ponderosa	Ponderous ark	Western Atlantic.	6 DL
Noetiella vivianae		Northwest Pacific	1.346 SHL
Spinearca fausta		Northwest Pacific
Striarca erythraea		Western Indian Ocean
Striarca lactea		Mediterranean Sea.
Striarca symmetrica	Symmetrical ark shell	Indo-Pacific.	0.65 TL
Striarca tenebrica		Northwest Pacific
Striarca zebeunsis		Western Central Pacific
Verilarca fausta		Western Central Pacific
Verilarca interplicata		Northwest Pacific.
Verilarca sinensis		Western Pacific.

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