Alternative combinations: Anadara trilineata canalis, Arca canalis
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Anadara (Anadara) trilineata according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Conrad 1856, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Osmont 1904, Reinhart 1943 and Winterer and Durham 1962
Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara) trilineata calcarea, Anadara (Anadara) trilineata trilineata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence