Alternative combinations: Anadara transversa, Arca (Scapharca) transversa, Arca transversa
Belongs to Anadara (Larkinia) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also da Silva Forti 1969, Holmes 1860 and Richards 1962
Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara), Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara aequatorialis, Anadara aequicostata, Anadara baughmani, Anadara callicestosa, Anadara campsa, Anadara concinna, Anadara congesta, Anadara craticulata, Anadara crebricostata, Anadara cretacea, Anadara dasia, Anadara daviesi, Anadara fichteli, Anadara firmata, Anadara formosa, Anadara garoensis, Anadara gourae, Anadara guayubinica, Anadara halidonata, Anadara hermidermos, Anadara jacksoni, Anadara kroensis, Anadara macneili, Anadara magnoliana, Anadara molengraaffii, Anadara montereyana, Anadara mummi, Anadara nugax, Anadara nux, Anadara obesa, Anadara obliquidens, Anadara osmonti, Anadara panensis, Anadara perlabiata, Anadara preangerensis, Anadara prephina, Anadara protracta, Anadara quilonensis, Anadara reinharti, Anadara riogurabonica, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta, Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, Anadara (Sectiarca) margaretae, Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Anadara (Sectiarca) marksi, Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica, Arca (Senilia) senilis, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca (Scapharca), Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca crashleyi, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Scapharca chemnitzii, Scapharca sedanensis, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca cornea, Scapharca broughtoni, Scapharca eusphaera, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Scapharca zorritosensis, Scapharca axelolssoni, Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Scapharca crassissima, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Scapharca satowi, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Anadara (Tosarca) columba, Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi, Anadara (Tosarca) tosaensis, Anadara (Tosarca) campta, Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patriarcha, Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia, Anadara (Grandiarca) garitensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii, Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Anadara (Cunearca) chemnitzioides, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini, Cunearca scalarina, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Cunearca silverdalensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Cunearca scalaris, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Cunearca lesueuri, Imparilarca hubbardi, Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis, Potiarca bonplandiana, Anadara (Caloosarca) mompicha, Anadara (Caloosarca) hoerleae, Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica, Anadara (Caloosarca) aequalitas, Anadara (Caloosarca) crassicosta, Anadara (Caloosarca) notoflorida, Anadara (Caloosarca) biangulata, Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, Larkinia larkinii, Larkinia santana, Larkinia camuloensis, Larkinia multicostata, Larkinia grandis, Anadara (Larkinia) sellardsi
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Panama (1), United States (68: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 72 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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