Alternative combinations: Anadara actinophora, Arca (Scapharca) actinophora, Scapharca (Scapharca) actinophora
Synonym: Anadara istmica Perrilliat 1960
Belongs to Anadara (Rasia) according to W. P. Woodring 1973
See also Anderson 1929, Hodson et al. 1927, Maury 1920, Olsson 1922, Perrilliat 1960, Vokes 1969 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Anadara (Rasia) andrewsi, Anadara (Rasia) athroa, Anadara (Rasia) bravardi, Anadara (Rasia) carmenensis, Anadara (Rasia) cercadica, Anadara (Rasia) charcoazulensis, Anadara (Rasia) corcupidonis, Anadara (Rasia) cornellana, Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, Anadara (Rasia) democraciana, Anadara (Rasia) emarginata, Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta, Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, Anadara (Rasia) guayubinica, Anadara (Rasia) honensis, Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Anadara (Rasia) lita, Anadara (Rasia) medioamericana, Anadara (Rasia) mirandana, Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis, Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, Anadara (Rasia) springvalensis, Anadara (Rasia) tamarana, Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri, Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Rasia arata
Type specimens:
- Anadara (Rasia) actinophora: USNM 135597, a shell
- Anadara istmica:
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Panama (11), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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