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Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca brasiliana was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Brazil.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Anadara brasiliana by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana by da Silva Forti (1969) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Arca brasiliana Lamarck p. 44
1822Arca incongrua Say
1860Arca incongrua Holmes p. 19
1962Anadara brasiliana Richards p. 53
1969Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana da Silva Forti p. 68
2008Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusAnadaraGray 1847
subgenusCunearca(Dall 1898)
speciesbrasiliana(Lamarck 1819)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:17:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:17:02
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Anadara brasiliana (65162 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) Anadara brasiliana (112601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Anadara brasiliana (112596)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Anadara brasiliana (58454)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Anadara brasiliana (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Anadara brasiliana (60414 60415 60646)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Colombia Arca brasiliana (97679)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Anadara brasiliana (175628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anadara brasiliana (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Anadara brasiliana (66744 66751 66754 66763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anadara brasiliana (66724 66725)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Anadara brasiliana (66755 66757 66758 66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Anadara brasiliana (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Anadara brasiliana (72118 72121 72122 72123)