''Anadara'' is a

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of saltwater

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of marine and freshwater Mollusca, molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hing ...

ark clam Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide. The shells of ark clams are of ...

s, in the

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Arcidae. It is also called ''Scapharca''. This genus is known in the fossil record from the

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period to the

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period (age range: 140.2 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Anadara'': * '' Anadara adamsi'' * '' Anadara aequatorialis'' * '' Anadara aethiopica'' * '' Anadara aliena'' * '' Anadara ambigua'' * '' Anadara amicula'' * '' Anadara angicostata'' * ''

Anadara antiquata ''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 yea ...

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Anadara auriculata ''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 yea ...

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Anadara axelolssoni ''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 yea ...

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Anadara bataviensis ''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 yea ...

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Anadara biangulata ''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 yea ...

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Anadara bifrons ''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 yea ...

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Anadara bonplandiana ''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 yea ...

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Anadara brasiliana ''Anadara brasiliana'', common name the incongruous ark clam, is a saltwater clam in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ) ...

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, 1819) - incongruous ark * ''

Anadara broughtonii Anadara broughtonii is a species of Ark clam. The species was described by Shrenck in 1867. Originally belonging to the genus '' Scapharca'', the genus has merged with '' Anadara'' now. Adult blood clams can reach a shell length of 100 mm and a ...

'' ( Schrenck, 1867) * ''

Anadara camerunensis ''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 yea ...

'' * '' Anadara cepoides'' * '' Anadara chemnitzii'' (

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, 1851) - Chemnitz ark, triangular ark * '' Anadara cistula'' * ''

Anadara compacta ''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 yea ...

'' * '' Anadara concinna'' (Sowerby, 1833) * '' Anadara consociata'' * '' Anadara corbuloides'' * '' Anadara cornea'' * '' Anadara corrugata'' * '' Anadara crassicostata'' * '' Anadara craticulata'' * '' Anadara crebricostata'' * '' Anadara cymbaeformis'' * † '' Anadara diluvii'' (

, 1805) * '' Anadara disparilis'' * '' Anadara eborensis'' * '' Anadara ehrenbergi'' * '' Anadara emarginata'' * '' Anadara esmeralda'' * '' Anadara ferruginea'' * '' Anadara formosa'' * ''

Anadara fultoni ''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 yea ...

'' * '' Anadara geissei'' * '' Anadara gibbosa'' * '' Anadara globosa'' * '' Anadara guangdongensis'' * '' Anadara gubernaculum'' * '' Anadara hankeyana'' * '' Anadara hemidesmos'' * '' Anadara hyphalopilema'' * '' Anadara inaequivalvis'' * '' Anadara indica'' * ''

Anadara jousseaumei ''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 yea ...

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Anadara jurata ''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 yea ...

'' * '' Anadara kagoshimensis'' * '' Anadara kikaizimana'' * '' Anadara labiosa'' * '' Anadara lienosa'' (

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, 1832) * '' Anadara lirata'' * ''

Anadara livingstonei ''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 yea ...

'' * '' Anadara mazatlanica'' * '' Anadara muii'' * '' Anadara natalensis'' * '' Anadara notabilis'' ( Röding, 1798) - eared ark * '' Anadara nugax'' * '' Anadara nux'' (Sowerby, 1833) * '' Anadara obesa'' * '' Anadara occlusa'' * '' Anadara oceanica'' * '' Anadara passa'' * '' Anadara perlabiata'' * '' Anadara pilula'' * '' Anadara pumila'' * '' Anadara pygmaea'' * '' Anadara reinharti'' * '' Anadara rhomboidalis'' * '' Anadara rotundicostata'' * '' Anadara rufescens'' * '' Anadara rugifera'' * '' Anadara sabinae'' * '' Anadara satowi'' (Dunker, 1882) * '' Anadara secernenda'' - Baughman ark, skewed ark * '' Anadara secticostata'' Reeve, 1844 * '' Anadara senegalensis'' * '' Anadara setigericosta'' * '' Anadara similis'' - ark cockle or mangrove cockle''Anadara similis''
World Register of Marine Species, 2012-07-12. * '' Anadara speciosa'' * '' Anadara subglobosa'' * '' Anadara subgranosa'' * '' Anadara subrubra'' * '' Anadara tosaensis'' * '' Anadara transversa'' (

, 1822) - transverse ark * '' Anadara trapezia'' ( Deshayes, 1839) * '' Anadara tricenicosta'' * '' Anadara troscheli'' * ''

Anadara tuberculosa ''Anadara tuberculosa'' is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Arcidae. The species is found in the Americas, with its distribution ranging from Mexico to Peru. It lives in mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coa ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) - pustulose ark * '' Anadara uropigimelana'' * '' Anadara valentichscotti'' * '' Anadara vellicata'' Anadara satowi

References

External links

* * Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Bivalve genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Arcidae-stub