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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) and Tiwari (2001).
It was assigned to Anadarinae by Reinhart (1943), Vokes (1980) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Anadara by da Silva Forti (1969) and Tiwari (2001); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Arcidae by Todd (2001) and Mikkelsen (2006); and to Lunarcidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Anadara (Lunarca) by da Silva Forti (1969) and Tiwari (2001).
It was assigned to Anadarinae by Reinhart (1943), Vokes (1980) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Anadara by da Silva Forti (1969) and Tiwari (2001); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Arcidae by Todd (2001) and 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 campechiensis, Arca pexata), Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
Species lacking formal opinion data
Anadara burnesi, Anadara chavezi, Anadara chilensis, Anadara clathrata, Anadara dameyi, Anadara delandensis, Anadara guajirensis, Anadara hypomela, Anadara improcera, Anadara kogachiensis, Anadara larkini, Anadara microtera, Anadara natalensis, Anadara philippiana, Anadara rectangularis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara suzukii, Anadara tarponensis, Anadara tectumcolumbae, Anadara turoniensis, Anadara watanabei, Arca montensis
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 brevifrons Sowerby 1833
†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