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Anadara (Lunarca)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Lunarca was named by Gray (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Lunarca costata.

It was reranked as Anadara (Lunarca) by da Silva Forti (1969), Tiwari (2001).

It was assigned to Anadarinae by Reinhart (1943), Vokes (1980), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Anadara by da Silva Forti (1969), Tiwari (2001); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Arcidae by Todd (2001), Mikkelsen (2006); and to Lunarcidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Anadara abdita, Anadara actinophora, Anadara actinophora, Anadara aequalis, Anadara aequlitas, Anadara agnastha, Anadara alargada, Anadara amicula, Anadara amicula, Anadara andoi, Anadara aquitanica, Anadara arata, Anadara australis, Anadara balboae, Anadara balboai, Anadara bonneti, Anadara burnesi, Anadara burnesi, Anadara caboblanquensis, Anadara cardiiformis, Anadara castellata, Anadara castellata, Anadara catasarca, Anadara chavezi, Anadara chavezi, Anadara chichibuensis, Anadara chilensis, Anadara chiriquensis, Anadara chiriquensis, Anadara chiriquiensis, Anadara cistula, Anadara clathrata, Anadara cornea, Anadara craticulata, Anadara cumanensis, Anadara cumanensis, Anadara daitokudoensis, Anadara dameyi, Anadara dariensis, Anadara dariensis, Anadara darwini, Anadara delandensis, Anadara dilovii, Anadara diluvi, Anadara diluvii, Anadara dolaticostata, Anadara egleri, Anadara egleri, Anadara ermanensis, Anadara eumeces, Anadara fichteli, Anadara fichtelii, Anadara filicata, Anadara filicata, Anadara fitcheli, Anadara fontinalis, Anadara globulosa, Anadara guajiraensis, Anadara guajiraensis, Anadara guajirensis, Anadara guembeli, Anadara gunteri, Anadara haidonata, Anadara halidonata, Anadara halidonta, Anadara hopkinsi, Anadara hypomela, Anadara hypomela, Anadara improcera, Anadara improcera, Anadara inflata, Anadara interclathrata, Anadara kakehataensis, Anadara kogachiensis, Anadara korfiensis, Anadara kroensis, Anadara larkini, Anadara latidentata, Anadara lienosa, Anadara lineolata, Anadara luzonica, Anadara makiyamai, Anadara mareana, Anadara megerata, Anadara megerata, Anadara microtera, Anadara microtera, Anadara mompiche, Anadara multiformis, Anadara natalensis, Anadara ninohensis, Anadara ninohensis, Anadara oceanica, Anadara ogawai, Anadara ommaensis, Anadara opthanta, Anadara pangkaensis, Anadara pectinata, Anadara pectinata, Anadara peethensis, Anadara pennelli, Anadara perplana, Anadara perplura, Anadara petersburgensis, Anadara philippiana, Anadara placata, Anadara pseudoantiquata, Anadara rectangularis, Anadara rubisiniana, Anadara sanctidavidis, Anadara scapha, Anadara sculptilis, Anadara sedanensis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara strebla, Anadara strebla, Anadara subcrenata, Anadara submultiformis, Anadara subrostrata, Anadara suzukii, Anadara taiwanica, Anadara tarponensis, Anadara tazawensis, Anadara tectumcolumbae, Anadara tectumcolumbae, Anadara thalia, Anadara theobaldi, Anadara topangensis, Anadara topangensis, Anadara transversa, Anadara trapezia, Anadara tricenicosta, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tsudai, Anadara turonica, Anadara turoniensis, Anadara vaughani, Anadara veatchi, Anadara veatchi, Anadara veatchi, Anadara verbeeki, Anadara verbeeki, Anadara waltonia, Anadara waringi, Anadara watanabei, Anadara watanabei, Anadara wendti, Anadara wordeni, Arca aresta, Arca fennemai, Arca girondica, Arca gunteri, Arca idonea, Arca idonea, Arca improcera, Arca junghuhni, Arca metastrebla, Arca montensis, Arca propearesta, Arca scapha, Arca subtijidamarensis, Arca toroensis, Arca toroensis, Arca uropygmelana, Lunarca cueva

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lunarca Gray
1898Scapharca (Argina) Dall p. 649
1922Scapharca (Argina) Woods p. 62
1931Argina Olsson p. 38
1941Arca (Argina) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1943Lunarca Reinhart p. 18
1969Anadara (Lunarca) da Silva Forti p. 66
1980Lunarca Vokes p. 14
1995Lunarca Pacaud and Le Renard p. 176
2001Anadara (Lunarca) Tiwari p. 157
2001Lunarca Todd
2002Lunarca Sepkoski
2006Lunarca Mikkelsen
2010Lunarca Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusAnadaraGray 1847
subgenusLunarca(Gray 1857)

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.

Subg. Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857
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Lunarca arthurpennelli Maury 1917
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912
Lunarca bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
Lunarca brevifrons Sowerby I 1833
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Lunarca brevifrons bucaruana Sheldon and Maury in Maury 1922
Lunarca brightonensis Maury 1912
Lunarca colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Lunarca costata Gray 1857
Lunarca melanoderma Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789
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Invalid names: Arca campechiensis Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Arca pexata Say 1822 [synonym]
Lunarca pennelli Gabb 1873
Lunarca proletaria Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Lunarca vespertina Mörch 1861
Invalid names: Argina Gray [synonym]
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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: SI, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 09:08:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 11:08:47
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Lunarca bolivarensis (42825)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago Arca billingsiana, Arca brightonensis (80168)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Anadara kachharai (72181 72212 78641) Anadara sp. (72084)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Lunarca ovalis (158041)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Dominican Republic Arca sp. (124722)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Scapharca arthurpennelli (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Lunarca sp. (136007 136104)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Lunarca cueva (60640 60662)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lunarca sp. (74915 74957) Scapharca arthurpennelli (58875)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Lunarca sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lunarca sp. (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lunarca sp. (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Scapharca tolepia (58873)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Lunarca billingsiana (60409 60410 60412 60414 60415 60416 60417 60646 60647 60649 60650 60654 60655 60659)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Anadara caboblanquensis (41550 41552) Anadara caboblanquensis, Anadara ovalis (41554) Anadara mareana (41544) Anadara mareana, Anadara ovalis (41545) Anadara ovalis (41541 41543)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Arca arthupennelli (133227)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lunarca sp. (74968)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Arca brevifrons (66792 66795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Lunarca sp. (79249)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Arca brevifrons (51886)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Lunarca ovalis (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Lunarca ovalis (68979 79341 79342 79343) Lunarca sp. (69018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Arca campechiensis (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Lunarca brevifrons (48664 48665)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Lunarca ovalis (69043 79340)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Lunarca ovalis (80053 80083)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Anadara ovalis (66603 66614 66615 66616 66617 66618 66620 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Lunarca ovalis (131268)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Arca campechiensis (66772)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Argina raddii (101634)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Anadara ovalis (66701 66703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Anadara ovalis (66377)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Lunarca ovalis (175628)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lunarca ovalis (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lunarca ovalis (80027) Scapharca campechiensis (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anadara ovalis (57703 57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anadara ovalis (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Lunarca ovalis (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Anadara ovalis (66706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Anadara ovalis (60927 66755 66756 66757 66758 66760) Arca pexata (92406) Lunarca ovalis (79705 79706 79707 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Anadara ovalis (66742 66746 66748 66749 66750 66751 66754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Anadara ovalis (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Anadara ovalis (41934 41935 41936 41940 41942 92772 92773 92774 92775 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Anadara ovalis (92522)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Anadara ovalis (72116 72117 72118 72122)