Parent taxon: Anadara according to O. Mandic et al. 2002
See also Coan et al. 2000, DuBar 1958, Faustman 1964, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Marasti 1973, Moore 1983, Reinhart 1943 and Tiwari 2001
Sister taxa: Anadara (Caloosarca), Anadara (Cunearca), Anadara (Diluvarca), Anadara (Esmerarca), Anadara (Grandiarca), Anadara (Larkinia), Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Potiarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Sectiarca), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara (Tosarca), 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 santana, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta
Subtaxa: Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Anadara (Anadara) biformis Anadara (Anadara) campyla Anadara (Anadara) carrizoensis Anadara (Anadara) devincta Anadara (Anadara) dichotoma Anadara (Anadara) hokkaidoensis Anadara (Anadara) lakei Anadara (Anadara) lirata Anadara (Anadara) luangmualensis Anadara (Anadara) mangkalihatensis Anadara (Anadara) mediaimpressa Anadara (Anadara) microdonta Anadara (Anadara) olssoni Anadara (Anadara) strongi Anadara (Anadara) submontereyana Anadara (Anadara) tambacana Anadara (Anadara) teschi Anadara (Anadara) thauma Anadara (Anadara) topangaensis Anadara (Anadara) trapezia Anadara (Anadara) trapezoida Anadara (Anadara) zotlangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (3), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), Kenya (5), Pakistan (2), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan (1), Tanzania (2), Thailand (1), United States (5: Florida, North Carolina), Vanuatu (3), Yemen (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (9), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (11), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), the Philippines (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), India (5), Indonesia (13), Iran (2), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (2), the Philippines (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (28: California, Oregon)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (9: California, Washington)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 152 collections including 178 occurrences