Anadara

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Anadara
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Anadara granosa.jpg
Numerous live individuals of Anadara granosa on sale as seafood
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Fossil of Anadara diluvii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Gray, 1847
Species

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Synonyms
List
  • Anadara (Anadara) Gray, 1847
  • Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
  • Anadara (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925
  • Anadara (Scapharca) Gray, 1847
  • Anadara (Tosarca) H. Noda, 1965
  • Arca (Scapharca) Gray, 1847
  • CaloosarcaOlsson, 1961
  • CaraGray, 1857
  • CunearcaDall, 1898
  • DiluvarcaWoodring, 1925
  • EsmerarcaOlsson, 1961
  • ImparilarcaIredale, 1929
  • KikaiarcaH. Noda, 1966 †
  • PotiarcaIredale, 1939
  • RasiaGray, 1857
  • ScapharcaGray, 1847
  • Scapharca (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
  • ScapharcopsisF. Nordsieck, 1969
  • SectiarcaOlsson, 1961
  • TosarcaH. Noda, 1965 †

Anadara is a genus of saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family Arcidae. It is also called Scapharca. [1]

Contents

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range: 140.2 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world. [2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Anadara: [3]

Anadara valve interior showing taxodont dentition; Pliocene of Cyprus. AnadaraPliocene.jpg
Anadara valve interior showing taxodont dentition; Pliocene of Cyprus.
Fossils of Anadara satowi Anadara satowi.jpg
Fossils of Anadara satowi

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References

  1. Alla V. Silina (2006). "Spatial heterogeneity and long-term changes in bivalve Anadara broughtoni population: influence of river run-off and fishery". Ocean Science Journal. 41 (4): 211–219. doi:10.1007/BF03020624. S2CID   83505812.
  2. Fossilworks
  3. WoRMS
  4. Anadara similis World Register of Marine Species, 2012-07-12.