Ocorrência no Brasil: AP até SC e Fernando de Noronha
Localidade Tipo: Saint Thomas, Caribe
Sinônimos: Arca lactea auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Arca caelata Conrad, 1845; Pleurodon adamsi (Dall, 1886); Arca adamsi Dall, 1886; Arca conradiana Dall, 1886; Arca adamsi E. A. Smith, 1890
Descrição original: Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer “Blake”, Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212 page(s): 243