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Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca golfoyaquensis was named by Maury (1917) [TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republica (Miocene-Pliocene). TYPE REPOSITORY: Presumably PRI, New York.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scapharca golfoyaquensis by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. burnesi, A. chilensis, A. clathrata, A. dameyi, A. delandensis, A. hypomela, A. improcera, A. larkini, A. natalensis, A. philippiana, A. rectangularis, A. setoensis, A. tarponensis, A. turoniensis, A. watanabei, A. microtera, A. kogachiensis, A. chavezi, A. guajirensis, A. suzukii, A. tectumcolumbae, Arca montensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Arca golfoyaquensis Maury p. 332 figs. pl. 28, fig. 5
1917	Scapharca golfoyaquensis Maury p. 332 figs. pl. 28, fig. 5
1922	Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis Olsson p. 188
2008	Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Hendy et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Anadarinae	Reinhart 1935
genus	Anadara	Gray 1847
subgenus	Rasia	(Gray 1857)
species	golfoyaquensis	()

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.

†Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917

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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:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:18:36

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:18:36

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Dominican Republic	Arca golfoyaquensis (124722)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Scapharca golfoyaquensis (58824 58867)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Haiti	Arca golfoyaquensis (60104)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Scapharca golfoyaquensis (58815 58819 58823)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Arca golfoyaquensis (134657 134669 134673)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Arca golfoyaquensis (134664)