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Anadara (Anadara) lakei

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca lakei was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 19, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 432, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Anadara (Anadara) lakei by Reinhart (1943) and Moore (1983).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Arca lakei Wiedey p. 127 figs. Plate 13, figures 4, S
1943	Anadara (Anadara) lakei Reinhart p. 55 figs. PI. 9, figs. 1-3; pi. 12, figs. 7, 8
1983	Anadara (Anadara) lakei Moore pp. A37 - A38 figs. Plate 6, figures 8, 9

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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	Anadara	Gray 1847
species	lakei	()

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 (Anadara) lakei Wiedey 1928

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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:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:20:13

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:20:13

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	USA (Washington)	Anadara lakei (37577)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	USA (California)	Arca lakei (type locality: 220066)