Anadara

Anadara
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Numerous live individuals of Anadara granosa on sale as seafood
Fossil of Anadara diluvii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Caloosarca Olsson, 1961
  • Cara Gray, 1857
  • Cunearca Dall, 1898
  • Diluvarca Woodring, 1925
  • Esmerarca Olsson, 1961
  • Imparilarca Iredale, 1929
  • Kikaiarca H. Noda, 1966 †
  • Potiarca Iredale, 1939
  • Rasia Gray, 1857
  • Scapharca Gray, 1847
  • Scapharca (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
  • Scapharcopsis F. Nordsieck, 1969
  • Sectiarca Olsson, 1961
  • Tosarca H. Noda, 1965 †

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

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]

  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