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Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Scapharca (Scapharca) donacia was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 61628, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Barbatia (Diluvarca) donacia by Woodring (1925); it was recombined as Anadara donacia by Butterlin (1961); it was recombined as Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia by Woodring (1973).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Scapharca (Scapharca) donacia Dall p. 649 figs. pl. 33, fig. 13
1925Barbatia (Diluvarca) donacia Woodring pp. 48-49
1961Anadara donacia Butterlin
1973Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia Woodring p. 499

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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
genusAnadaraGray 1842
subgenusHawaiarca(Dall et al. 1938)
speciesdonacia(Dall 1898)

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.

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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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 17:10:35
Modified: 2009-09-09 11:04:23
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Anadara donacia (60108)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Anadara donacia (58522 69089 69090 69094)