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Scapharca broughtoni

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca broughtoni was named by Schrenck (1867) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Scapharca broughtonii by Okutaini (2000); it was recombined as Scapharca broughtoni by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Anadara guajirensis, Anadara suzukii, S. agraria, S. agronomica, S. chordicosta, S. japonica, S. natalensis, S. pertenuicostata, S. recondita

Synonyms

Arca inflata was named by Reeve (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Pakistan.]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scapharca broughtoni by Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1844	Arca inflata Reeve
1867	Arca broughtoni Schrenck
1928	Arca inflata Vredenburg p. 410
2000	Scapharca broughtonii Okutaini p. 853
2007	Scapharca broughtoni Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Anadarinae	Reinhart 1935
genus	Scapharca	Gray 1847
species	broughtoni	(Schrenck 1867)

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.

Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867

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Invalid names: Arca inflata Reeve 1844 [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 mobilesubf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

semi-infaunalsubf

Diet:

suspension feedersubf

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-08-18 18:09:28

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:09:28

Source: subf = subfamily, f = family

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Pakistan	Arca inflata (77134 77154)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Pakistan	Arca inflata (77398 77441)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan	Anadara broughtonii (96947 96970 97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Pakistan	Arca inflata (77442)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Anadara broughtonii (97961)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Japan (Akita)	Anadara broughtonii (56380)