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Anadara (Rasia) actinophora

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Scapharca (Scapharca) actinophora was named by Dall (1898). Its type specimen is USNM 135597, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) actinophora by Maury (1920), Olsson (1922), Hodson et al. (1927), Anderson (1929) and Maury (1944); it was recombined as Anadara actinophora by Vokes (1969); it was recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora by Woodring (1973).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Scapharca (Scapharca) actinophora Dall p. 647 figs. pl. 33, fig. 26
1920Arca (Scapharca) actinophora Maury p. 11
1922Arca (Scapharca) actinophora Olsson p. 185
1927Arca (Scapharca) actinophora Hodson et al. p. 12
1929Arca (Scapharca) actinophora Anderson p. 147
1944Arca (Scapharca) actinophora Maury
1960Anadara istmica Perrilliat p. 12 figs. Pl. 1: 3-5
1969Anadara actinophora Vokes p. 12
1969Anadara istmica Vokes p. 12
1973Anadara (Rasia) actinophora Woodring p. 502

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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
subgenusRasia(Gray 1857)
speciesactinophora(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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Invalid names: Anadara istmica Perrilliat 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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