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Anadara (Anadara)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	86518	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86518

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara : Anadara (Anadara)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Anadarinae	Reinhart 1935
genus	Anadara	Gray 1847
subgenus	Anadara (Anadara)	Gray 1847

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated with evidence	Gray, 1847
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated without evidence	DuBar, 1958
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated with evidence	Faustman, 1964
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated with evidence	Mandic et al., 2002
Anadara (Anadara)	subgenus	belongs to Anadara	stated without evidence	Kafanov and Ogasawara, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (30%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Anadara)

Vision

limited (based on Arcidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Anadara)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Arcidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. V. Coan, P. V. Scott, and F. R. Bernard. 2000. Bivalve seashells of western North America. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2:1-764

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anadara (Anadara) antiquata species	listed (PBDB)	50	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anadara (Anadara) biformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	14	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Anadara (Anadara) campyla ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Anadara (Anadara) dichotoma species	listed (PBDB)	7	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anadara (Anadara) hokkaidoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Anadara (Anadara) lirata species	listed (PBDB)	2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anadara (Anadara) luangmualensis species	listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anadara (Anadara) mangkalihatensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Anadara (Anadara) obesa species	listed (PBDB)	4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anadara (Anadara) olssoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Anadara (Anadara) submontereyana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Anadara (Anadara) tambacana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	15	11.6 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Anadara (Anadara) teschi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Anadara (Anadara) thauma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Anadara (Anadara) topangaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Anadara (Anadara) trapezoida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Anadara (Anadara) trilineata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	56	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Anadara (Anadara) zotlangensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Anadara (Anadara) Gray
1958	Anadara (Anadara) DuBar p. 156
1964	Anadara (Anadara) Faustman p. 114
1973	Anadara (Anadara) Marasti p. 99
2001	Anadara (Anadara) Tiwari
2002	Anadara (Anadara) Mandic et al. p. 300
2003	Anadara (Anadara) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51

References

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Faustman W. F. (1964) Paleontology of the Wildcat Group at Scotia and Centerville Beach, California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 41 2, 97-160

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Tiwari B. P. (2001) Neogene palaeontology of the Surma Group, Mizoram, India. 1 - The Arcoida (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 46, 147-160

Mandic O., Harzhauser M., et al (2002) The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera, Geobios 24, 193-206 doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00059-1

Kafanov A. I., Ogasawara K. (2003) Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of Sakhalin and Kurile Islands, Science Reports, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 24, 45-79

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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