Anadara

Anadara
Temporal range:
Numerous live individuals of Anadara granosa on sale as seafood
Fossil of Anadara diluvii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Gray, 1847
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Anadara (Anadara) Gray, 1847
  • Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
  • Anadara (Diluvarca) Woodring, 1925
  • Anadara (Scapharca) Gray, 1847
  • Anadara (Tosarca) H. Noda, 1965
  • Arca (Scapharca) Gray, 1847
  • Caloosarca Olsson, 1961
  • Cara Gray, 1857
  • Cunearca Dall, 1898
  • Diluvarca Woodring, 1925
  • Esmerarca Olsson, 1961
  • Imparilarca Iredale, 1929
  • Kikaiarca H. Noda, 1966 †
  • Potiarca Iredale, 1939
  • Rasia Gray, 1857
  • Scapharca Gray, 1847
  • Scapharca (Cunearca) Dall, 1898
  • Scapharcopsis F. Nordsieck, 1969
  • Sectiarca Olsson, 1961
  • Tosarca H. Noda, 1965 †

Anadara is a genus of saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family Arcidae. It is also called Scapharca.

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range: 140.2 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

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