Taxon profile

genus

Anadara Gray, 1847

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Arcida » family Arcidae - ark clams

Scientific synonyms

Anadara (Anadara) Gray, 1847
Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
Anadara (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925
Anadara (Tosarca) Noda, 1965
Barbatia (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925
Caloosarca Olsson, 1961
Cara Gray, 1857
Cunearca Dall, 1898
Diluvarca Woodring, 1925
Esmerarca Olsson, 1961

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Description

Shell thick, subcordiform or subquadrangular, equivalve, subequilateral; valves radially ribbed, with a smooth or rugose periostraeum; hinge line nearly straight, with numerous teeth, smallest in the middle, largest at the extremities. Heavy, radially ribbed shells. Tropical and subtropical seas. Type species: Arca antiquata Linne 1758.

Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 115

species Anadara adamsi A. A. Olsson, 1961

species Anadara aequatorialis d'Orbigny, 1846

species Anadara aethiopica (Thiele, 1931)

species Anadara aliena (Iredale, 1939)

species Anadara amaliae Kobelt, 1891

species Anadara ambigua L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara angicostata (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara antiquata C. Linnaeus, 1758

species Anadara auriculata J. B. Lamarck, 1819

species Anadara axelolssoni (Macsotay & Campos, 2001)

species Anadara bataviensis (Lamy, 1907)

species Anadara biangulata Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara bifrons P. P. Carpenter, 1857

species Anadara brasiliana J. B. Lamarck, 1819

species Anadara broughtonii von Schrenck, 1867 - Inflated Ark

species Anadara camerunensis P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993

species Anadara cepoides L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara chemnitzi R. A. Philippi, 1851

species Anadara cistula (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara compacta (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara concinna Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara consociata (E. A. Smith, 1885)

species Anadara corbuloides T. A. di Monterosato, 1878

species Anadara cornea L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara corrugata (Lamy, 1907)

species Anadara cossignanii Thach, 2023

species Anadara crassicostata (H. Adams, 1873)

species Anadara craticulata Nyst, 1848

species Anadara crebricostata L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara cymbaeformis (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara deyrollei F. P. Jousseaume, 1893

species Anadara disparilis (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara eborensis P. G. Oliver & Cosel, 1993

species Anadara ehrenbergi R. W. Dunker, 1868

species Anadara emarginata Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara erythraeonensis R. A. Philippi, 1851

species Anadara esmeralda H. A. Pilsbry & A. A. Olsson, 1941

species Anadara ferruginea L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara floridana T. A. Conrad, 1869

species Anadara formosa Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1907

species Anadara geissei (Kobelt, 1891)

species Anadara gibbosa (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara globosa (L.A. Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara grandis (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

species Anadara granosa C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Blood cockle

species Anadara guangdongensis Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993

species Anadara gubernaculum Reeve, 1843

species Anadara hankeyana (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara hemidesmos (Philippi, 1845)

species Anadara hyphalopilema Campbell, 1962

species Anadara inaequivalvis Bruguière, 1792

species Anadara indica (J. F. Gmelin, 1791)

species Anadara inflata L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara japonica L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara jousseaumei Lamy, 1907

species Anadara jurata Iredale, 1939

species Anadara kagoshimensis Tokunaga, 1906

species Anadara kikaisimana Nomura & Zinbo

species Anadara labiosa Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara lienosa L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara livingstonei Iredale, 1927

species Anadara mazatlanica J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1943

species Anadara muii Thach, 2016

species Anadara multicostata Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara natalensis C. F. Krauss, 1848

species Anadara nipponensis H. A. Pilsbry, 1901

species Anadara notabilis (P. F. Röding, 1798)

species Anadara nugax Iredale, 1939

species Anadara nux (Sowerby I, 1833)

species Anadara obesa Sowerby, 1833

species Anadara occlusa (Reeve, 1844)

species Anadara oceanica (Lesson, 1831)

species Anadara passa Iredale, 1939

species Anadara paucigranosa R. W. Dunker, 1866

species Anadara perlabiata Grant & Gale, 1931

species Anadara pilula Reeve, 1843

species Anadara pulchella R. W. Dunker, 1858

species Anadara pumila (Dunker, 1868)

species Anadara pygmaea H. Adams, 1872

species Anadara reinharti Lowe, 1935

species Anadara rhomboidalis (H.C.F. Schumacher, 1817)

species Anadara rotundicostata (L.A. Reeve, 1843)

species Anadara rufescens L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara rugifera (Dunker, 1866)

species Anadara sabinae (Morlet, 1889)

species Anadara sativa Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993

species Anadara satowi R. W. Dunker, 1882

species Anadara scapha Meuschen, 1787

species Anadara secernenda (Lamy, 1907)

species Anadara secticostata L. A. Reeve, 1844

species Anadara senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)

species Anadara setigericosta Nyst, 1848

species Anadara similis C. B. Adams, 1852

species Anadara speciosa (Philippi, 1849)

species Anadara subcrenata Lischke, 1869 - Half-crenate Ark

species Anadara subglobosa (Kobelt, 1889)

species Anadara subgranosa (Dunker, 1869)

species Anadara subrubra (Dunker, 1866)

species Anadara talismani E. A. A. Locard, 1898

species Anadara thuthaoae Thach, 2023

species Anadara transversa (T. Say, 1822)

species Anadara trapezia G. P. Deshayes, 1840 - Mud Ark-shell

species Anadara tricenicosta P. Nyst, 1848

species Anadara troscheli R. W. Dunker, 1882

species Anadara tuberculosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) - Black Ark

species Anadara uropigimelana Bory Saint-Vincent, 1824

species Anadara valentichscotti Thach, 2016

species Anadara vellicata L. A. Reeve, 1844

Fossil taxa

species Anadara amicula (Yokoyama, 1925) ^†

species Anadara diluvii (Lamarck, 1805) ^†
Tertiary: Miocene

species Anadara fichteli (Deshayes, 1852) ^†
Tertiary: Miocene

species Anadara lienosa (Say, 1832) ^†

species Anadara tosaensis H. Noda, 1965 ^†

species Anadara turonica (Dujardin, 1837) ^†
Tertiary: Miocene

Links and literature

Paleobiology Database [89443]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Scapharcopsis Nordsieck, 1969]
Data retrieved on: 11 December 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1284649]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Anadara Gray, 1847]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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