Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combinations: Anadara granosa, Arca (Anadara) granosa, Arca (Arca) granosa, Arca (Scapharca) granosa, Arca granosa, Tegillarca granosa

Synonyms: Anadara oblonga Dunker 1866, Arca cuneata Reeve 1844

Belongs to Anadara (Tegillarca) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Okutaini 2000, Oostingh 1935, Skwarko 1994, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxon: Anadara (Tegillarca) nodifera

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), Pakistan (1), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (6), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (1)

• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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