Anadara Explained
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]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Anadara:[3]
- Anadara adamsi
- Anadara aequatorialis
- Anadara aethiopica
- Anadara aliena
- Anadara ambigua
- Anadara amicula
- Anadara angicostata
- Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Anadara auriculata Lamarck
- Anadara axelolssoni
- Anadara bataviensis
- Anadara biangulata
- Anadara bifrons
- Anadara bonplandiana
- Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) - incongruous ark
- Anadara broughtonii (Schrenck, 1867)
- Anadara camerunensis
- Anadara cepoides
- Anadara chemnitzii (Philippi, 1851) - Chemnitz ark, triangular ark
- Anadara cistula
- Anadara compacta
- Anadara concinna (Sowerby, 1833)
- Anadara consociata
- Anadara corbuloides
- Anadara cornea
- Anadara corrugata
- Anadara crassicostata
- Anadara craticulata
- Anadara crebricostata
- Anadara cymbaeformis
- † Anadara diluvii (Lamarck, 1805)
- Anadara disparilis
- Anadara eborensis
- Anadara ehrenbergi
- Anadara emarginata
- Anadara esmeralda
- Anadara ferruginea
- Anadara formosa
- Anadara fultoni
- Anadara geissei
- Anadara gibbosa
- Anadara globosa
- Anadara guangdongensis
- Anadara gubernaculum
- Anadara hankeyana
- Anadara hemidesmos
- Anadara hyphalopilema
- Anadara inaequivalvis
- Anadara indica
- Anadara jousseaumei
- Anadara jurata
- Anadara kagoshimensis
- Anadara kikaizimana
- Anadara labiosa
- Anadara lienosa (Say, 1832)
- Anadara lirata
- Anadara livingstonei
- Anadara mazatlanica
- Anadara muii
- Anadara natalensis
- Anadara notabilis (Röding, 1798) - eared ark
- Anadara nugax
- Anadara nux (Sowerby, 1833)
- Anadara obesa
- Anadara occlusa
- Anadara oceanica
- Anadara passa
- Anadara perlabiata
- Anadara pilula
- Anadara pumila
- Anadara pygmaea
- Anadara reinharti
- Anadara rhomboidalis
- Anadara rotundicostata
- Anadara rufescens
- Anadara rugifera
- Anadara sabinae
- Anadara satowi (Dunker, 1882)
- Anadara secernenda - Baughman ark, skewed ark
- Anadara secticostata Reeve, 1844
- Anadara senegalensis
- Anadara setigericosta
- Anadara similis - ark cockle or mangrove cockle[4]
- Anadara speciosa
- Anadara subglobosa
- Anadara subgranosa
- Anadara subrubra
- Anadara tosaensis
- Anadara transversa (Say, 1822) - transverse ark
- Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
- Anadara tricenicosta
- Anadara troscheli
- Anadara tuberculosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) - pustulose ark
- Anadara uropigimelana
- Anadara valentichscotti
- Anadara vellicata
External links
Notes and References
- Alla V. Silina . Spatial heterogeneity and long-term changes in bivalve Anadara broughtoni population: influence of river run-off and fishery . 2006 . Ocean Science Journal . 41 . 4 . 211–219 . 10.1007/BF03020624. 83505812 .
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=111526# Fossilworks
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504295 Anadara similis
