Subfamily Anadarinae Reinhart 1935 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Synonyms: Cunearcidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Cunearcinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Lunarcidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Lunarcinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Scaphulinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Seniliinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979

Parent taxon: Arcidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, del Rio 1992, Dockery 1982, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1983, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat 1992, Spencer et al. 2004, Tiwari 2001, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992

Sister taxa: Ambrogia, Angulararca, Arcinae, Asperarca, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Bentharca, Coraliarca, Fugleria, Karasuarca, Kikaiarca, Litharcinae, Noetiinae, Palestinarca, Quadrilatera, Rostarca

Subtaxa: Anadara Dallarca Hataiarca Indacar Mabelllarca Nemoarca Philippinarca Samacar Scapharca Scapharcopsis Scaphula Senilia Tegilarca

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (7), Brazil (8), Cayman Islands (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (4), Cuba (1), Djibouti (6), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (5), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (14), Kenya (8), Mayotte (1), Mexico (5), Pakistan (3), Panama (4), Peru (4), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (3), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (14), Tanzania (2), Thailand (1), United States (209: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2), Vanuatu (3), Venezuela (3), Yemen (4)

• Blancan of United States (5: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (9), United States (13: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Chile (1), Colombia (19), Costa Rica (26), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (12), Ecuador (8), Greece (3), India (1), Indonesia (25), Italy (6), Jamaica (6), Japan (17), Mexico (7), Pakistan (7), Panama (22), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (7), the Philippines (5), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Trinidad and Tobago (16), United States (91: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (16)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (11), Indonesia (4), United States (15: California)

• Miocene of Algeria (9), Argentina (6), Austria (2), Belgium (9), Brazil (12), Bulgaria (6), Chile (1), Colombia (143), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (4), the Dominican Republic (20), Ecuador (17), France (3), Germany (40), Greece (2), Haiti (4), India (26), Indonesia (19), Iran (2), Italy (14), Jamaica (1), Japan (40), Malta (1), Mexico (9), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (187), Papua New Guinea (3), Peru (19), the Philippines (2), Poland (3), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (9), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (17), United States (191: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (34)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1), Haiti (2), United States (7: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (2), Japan (1), Panama (1), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (88: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington), Venezuela (2)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)

• Eocene of Colombia (3), Germany (1), Indonesia (3), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1)

• Cretaceous of France (1), United States (3: Mississippi)

Total: 1716 collections including 2579 occurrences

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