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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).
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).
Subtaxa
Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Argina puntabravoensis, Argina raddii, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brevifrons, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata (type species), Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca ovalis (syn. Arca pexata, Arca campechiensis), Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
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
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1857 | Lunarca Gray |
| 1898 | Scapharca (Argina) Dall p. 649 |
| 1922 | Scapharca (Argina) Woods p. 62 |
| 1931 | Argina Olsson p. 38 |
| 1941 | Arca (Argina) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9 |
| 1943 | Lunarca Reinhart p. 18 |
| 1969 | Anadara (Lunarca) da Silva Forti p. 66 |
| 1980 | Lunarca Vokes p. 14 |
| 1995 | Lunarca Pacaud and Le Renard p. 176 |
| 2001 | Anadara (Lunarca) Tiwari p. 157 |
| 2001 | Lunarca Todd |
| 2002 | Lunarca Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Lunarca Mikkelsen |
| 2010 | Lunarca Bouchet et al. |
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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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†Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai Tiwari 2001
†Lunarca arthurpennelli Maury 1917
†Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912
†Lunarca bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
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
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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
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 Eocene | Colombia (Sucre) | Lunarca bolivarensis (42825) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Arca billingsiana, Arca brightonensis (80168) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Anadara kachharai (72181 72212 78641) Anadara sp. (72084) | |
| Langhian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Lunarca ovalis (158041) | |
| Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | Arca sp. (124722) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Scapharca arthurpennelli (58816 58817) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | Lunarca sp. (136007 136104) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | Lunarca cueva (60640 60662) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Lunarca sp. (74915 74957) Scapharca arthurpennelli (58875) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Colon) | Lunarca sp. (79855) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | Lunarca sp. (75042) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Lunarca sp. (75038) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Scapharca tolepia (58873) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Lunarca billingsiana (60409 60410 60412 60414 60415 60416 60417 60646 60647 60649 60650 60654 60655 60659) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Anadara caboblanquensis (41550 41552) Anadara caboblanquensis, Anadara ovalis (41554) Anadara mareana (41544) Anadara mareana, Anadara ovalis (41545) Anadara ovalis (41541 41543) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia | Arca arthupennelli (133227) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Lunarca sp. (74968) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Arca brevifrons (66792 66795) | |
| Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Lunarca sp. (79249) | |
| Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Arca brevifrons (51886) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Lunarca ovalis (131210) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Lunarca ovalis (68979 79341 79342 79343) Lunarca sp. (69018) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Arca campechiensis (80304) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Lunarca brevifrons (48664 48665) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Lunarca ovalis (69043 79340) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Lunarca ovalis (80053 80083) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Anadara ovalis (66603 66614 66615 66616 66617 66618 66620 66621 66622) | |
| Pleistocene | Venezuela | Lunarca ovalis (131268) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Arca campechiensis (66772) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Argina raddii (101634) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Delaware) | Anadara ovalis (66701 66703) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Anadara ovalis (66377) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Lunarca ovalis (175628) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lunarca ovalis (80046) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lunarca ovalis (80027) Scapharca campechiensis (34269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Anadara ovalis (57703 57704) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Anadara ovalis (20604 20606) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | Lunarca ovalis (195917 195933) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Anadara ovalis (66706) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Anadara ovalis (60927 66755 66756 66757 66758 66760) Arca pexata (92406) Lunarca ovalis (79705 79706 79707 79956 79957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Anadara ovalis (66742 66746 66748 66749 66750 66751 66754) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Anadara ovalis (61270) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Anadara ovalis (41934 41935 41936 41940 41942 92772 92773 92774 92775 92776) | |
| Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | Anadara ovalis (92522) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Anadara ovalis (72116 72117 72118 72122) |