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Anadara (Anadara) antiquata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca antiquata was named by Linnaeus (1758) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9695]. It is extant. It is the type species of Anadara.

It was recombined as Arca (Arca) antiquata by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Anadara antiquata by Cox (1936) and Jung (1965); it was recombined as Arca (Anadara) antiquata by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Anadara (Anadara) antiquata by Woodring (1973), Skwarko (1994) and van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002).

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
1758	Arca antiquata Linnaeus
1913	Arca antiquata Brown and Pilsbry
1935	Arca (Arca) antiquata Oostingh p. 132
1936	Anadara antiquata Cox p. 43
1946	Arca (Anadara) antiquata Abrard p. 100
1965	Anadara antiquata Jung p. 423
1973	Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Woodring p. 498
1994	Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Skwarko p. d3
2002	Anadara (Anadara) antiquata van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 89

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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	Anadara	Gray 1847
species	antiquata	(Linnaeus 1758)

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 (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758

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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:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:20:13

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:20:13

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (50 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Iran	Anadara antiquata (79067)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Indonesia	Anadara antiquata (63040 70081 70175)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	Anadara antiquata (70077 70078 70100 71661)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Kalimantan)	Anadara antiquata (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Borneo)	Anadara antiquata (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Philippines	Anadara antiquata (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Iran	Anadara antiquata (79065)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.608 - 2.588	Indonesia (New Guinea)	Anadara antiquata (42391 42392)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Philippines (Tayabas)	Anadara antiquata (41524)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Pakistan	Anadara antiquata (55398 55399 55400)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur)	Arca antiquata (46490)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Malaysia	Anadara antiquata (72101 72106)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Indonesia (East Java)	Anadara antiquata (96669 96671)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Pakistan	Anadara antiquata (55401 55402)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Tanzania	Anadara antiquata (101545 101546)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Vanuatu	Arca antiquata (77905 77906)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Eritrea	Anadara antiquata (101415)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Sudan	Anadara antiquata (101414)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Egypt	Anadara antiquata (101634)
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.588 - 0.0	Yemen	Anadara antiquata (55370 55375 55376 55383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Australia (Western Australia)	Anadara antiquata (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Saudi Arabia	Anadara antiquata (107972 201412)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Djibouti	Arca antiquata (96786 96787 96789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Kenya	Anadara antiquata (101544)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Egypt	Anadara antiquata (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Kenya	Anadara antiquata (81094 81096 81097 81099)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Vanuatu	Arca antiquata (77907)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Thailand	Anadara antiquata (67930)