''Anadara diluvii'' is an extinct

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Arcidae.

Description

Shells of ''Anadara diluvii'' can reach a size of . The two valves are symmetrical to each other, but the sides are asymmetrical. The shell have about 30-35 ribs. The inner edge is strongly serrated.Paleofox
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Fossil records

This species is known in the fossil record from the

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period to the

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period (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago).Fossilworkd
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Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Quaternary of Spain. In the Pliocene of Algeria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, in the Miocene of Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and in the Oligocene of Austria and Hungary.

Bibliography

* Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 6: 214-221. Paris., available online a
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- page(s): 219 * Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. . 128 pp. * Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Antoni Hoffman
Growth allometry in a bivalve Anadara diluvii (Lamarck) from the Badenian (Miocene) Korytnica Clays, Poland
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23 (1), 1978: 41-49

References

External links

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