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Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca (Cunearca) zorritensis was named by Spieker (1922). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis by Jung (1965).

Subspecies

Arca (Scapharca) vueltana falconensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. burnesi, A. chilensis, A. clathrata, A. dameyi, A. delandensis, A. hypomela, A. improcera, A. larkini, A. natalensis, A. philippiana, A. rectangularis, A. setoensis, A. tarponensis, A. turoniensis, A. watanabei, A. microtera, A. kogachiensis, A. chavezi, A. guajirensis, A. suzukii, A. tectumcolumbae, Arca montensis

Synonyms

Arca (Scapharca) vueltana was named by Hodson et al. (1927). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis by Jung (1965).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Arca (Cunearca) zorritensis Spieker p. 96 figs. pl. 5, figs. 4, 5
1927	Arca (Scapharca) vueltana Hodson et al. p. 9 figs. pl. 5, figs. 2, 4, 6
1965	Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis Jung p. 423

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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	Anadara	Gray 1847
subgenus	Cunearca	(Dall 1898)
species	zorritensis	(Spieker 1922)

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.

†Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis Spieker 1922

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†Arca (Scapharca) vueltana falconensis Hodson et al. 1927

Invalid names: Anadara (Cunearca) vueltana Hodson et al. 1927 [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:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:17:02

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:17:02

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcon)	Arca vueltana (61032 135500)