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Anadara (Larkinia)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Larkinia was named by Reinhart (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Arca (Larkinia) by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); it was reranked as Anadara (Larkinia) by Reinhart (1943), da Silva Forti (1969), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Arca by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); to Anadarinae by Vokes (1980), Moore (1983); to Anadara by Reinhart (1943), da Silva Forti (1969), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).

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 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 larkini, Arca metastrebla, Arca montensis, Arca propearesta, Arca scapha, Arca subtijidamarensis, Arca toroensis, Arca toroensis, Arca uropygmelana, Larkinia rhombea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Larkinia Reinhart
1941Arca (Larkinia) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1943Anadara (Larkinia) Reinhart p. 63
1969Anadara (Larkinia) da Silva Forti p. 67
1980Larkinia Vokes p. 14
1983Larkinia Moore p. A42
2000Anadara (Larkinia) Coan et al. p. 133
2001Anadara (Larkinia) Todd
2002Larkinia Sepkoski

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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
subgenusLarkinia(Reinhart 1935)

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 (Larkinia) Reinhart 1935
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Invalid names: Arca auriculata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Arca deshayesii Hanley 1843 [synonym]
Anadara (Larkinia) sellardsi Mansfield 1932
Arca grandis waringi Maury 1925
Larkinia camuloensis Osmont 1904
Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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Invalid names: Arca quadrilatera Sowerby 1833 [synonym]
Larkinia larkinii Nelson 1870
Larkinia multicostata Sowerby 1833 [many-ribbed ark]
Larkinia santana Loel and Corey 1932
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Larkinia santana santana Reinhart 1943
Larkinia santana weddlei Loel and Corey 1932
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: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, MA, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:17:51
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:17:51
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Arca larkinii (59002)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Arca transversa (92769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Arca larkinii (93741 93748 93751 93757)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Anadara santana (94850 94854 94859 94861 94866) Arca santana (71218 71219 71222 71223 71225 71226 71227 71228 71229 238261)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) Scapharca grandis (60678 60680 60683)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Bolivar) Scapharca grandis (60685)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia Anadara grandis (96502)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela Anadara grandis (96482)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Anadara grandis (96500 96501 131219) Anadara grandis, Anadara notabilis (131220) Arca auriculata (88296) Arca grandis (97682)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela Anadara grandis (96471)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Jamaica Anadara grandis (96444)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Anadara multicostata (43841)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Arca grandis (97686 97687 133227 133231)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Arca multicostata (120822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Anadara notabilis (41552) Anadara sp. (41555)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Arca camuloensis (204367) Arca multicostata (204364)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Anadara multicostata (96587 96588)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Larkinia rhombea (55398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Arca auriculata (134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Venezuela Anadara grandis (96485)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anadara chiriquiensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Anadara transversa (79708)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Anadara camuloensis (238435 238436 238437 238456 238457 238605 238606) Anadara multicostata (238615)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Anadara notabilis (131210 131217 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Anadara sellardsi (79761) Arca sellardsi (59484 123549)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Arca auriculata (134676)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Arca larkini (51878)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Arca larkini (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Anadara transversa (60944) Arca transversa (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Grandiarca grandis (48664 48665)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Peru Anadara grandis (97649)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anadara transversa (60899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Arca antiquata (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anadara transversa (41501 61309 75001 75003)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Anadara transversa (66601 66603 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador Larkinia multicostata (62040)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Anadara notabilis (131267 131268)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Scapharca deshayesi (60883)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Arca grandis (207003 207004 207005)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Anadara transversa (66377 66380)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anadara transversa (7109) Arca transversa (7108)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Larkinia rhombea, Larkinia sp., Larkinia multicostata (55401)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Arca auriculata (75419 75422 75424)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Anadara multicostata (37938)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anadara transversa (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Anadara transversa (61310 67069)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Anadara multicostata (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Arca transversa (92754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Anadara transversa (66707 66719 66720 66721 71640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Anadara transversa (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anadara transversa (57702 57705 57706 69049 80132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Anadara multicostata (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Anadara multicostata (147802)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Arca multicostata (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Arca transversa (61268 61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Anadara transversa (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anadara transversa (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anadara multicostata (240612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anadara transversa (41715 41740 61311 69034 96538) Scapharca transversa (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Anadara transversa (66742 66743 66744 66745 66746 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66752 66754 66763 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Arca transversa (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Anadara transversa (92523 92525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Anadara notabilis (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Anadara transversa (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Anadara notabilis (72116 72120) Arca transversa, Anadara notabilis (72121)