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Larkinia multicostata (many-ribbed ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca multicostata was named by Sowerby (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) multicostata by Stearns (1894); it was recombined as Arca (Anadara) multicostata by Mahille (1895); it was recombined as Arca (Arca) multicostata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) multicostata by Reinhart (1943), Keen (1971), Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Anadara multicostata by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Larkinia multicostata by Moore (1983), Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Arca larkini, L. rhombea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Arca multicostata Sowerby
1894Arca (Scapharca) multicostata Stearns p. 116
1895Arca (Anadara) multicostata Mahille p. 71
1931Arca (Arca) multicostata Grant, IV and Gale p. 139
1943Anadara (Larkinia) multicostata Reinhart p. 66 figs. PI. 8, figs. 9-11
1971Anadara (Larkinia) multicostata Keen p. 48
1983Larkinia multicostata Moore p. A43 figs. Plate 9, figures 4, 5
2000Anadara (Larkinia) multicostata Coan et al. p. 134
2012Anadara multicostata Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 179
2020Larkinia multicostata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusLarkiniaGray 1847
speciesmulticostata(Sowerby 1833)

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.

Larkinia multicostata Sowerby 1833 [many-ribbed ark]
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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: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:17:51
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:17:51
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Anadara multicostata (43841)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Arca multicostata (204364)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Anadara multicostata (96587 96588)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Anadara multicostata (238615)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador Larkinia multicostata (62040)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Larkinia multicostata (55401)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Anadara multicostata (37938)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Anadara multicostata (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Anadara multicostata (147802)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Anadara multicostata (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anadara multicostata (240612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Arca multicostata (89597)