''Anadara'' is a

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saltwater Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, ...

bivalves,

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 Quaternary 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'' 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 ye ...

'' * '' Anadara ambigua'' * '' Anadara amicula'' * ''

Anadara angicostata ''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 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 ...

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Anadara cepoides ''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 ye ...

'' * '' Anadara chemnitzii'' ( Philippi, 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'' 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 craticulata ''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 crebricostata ''Anadara'' is a genus of seawater, saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family (biology), 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 ...

'' * '' Anadara cymbaeformis'' * † ''

Anadara diluvii ''Anadara diluvii'' is an extinct species of saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family Arcidae. Description Shells of ''Anadara diluvii'' can reach a size of . The two valves are symmetrical to each other, but the sides are asymmetrical. T ...

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, 1805) * '' Anadara disparilis'' * ''

Anadara eborensis ''Anadara'' is a genus of seawater, saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family (biology), 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 ...

'' * '' Anadara ehrenbergi'' * '' Anadara emarginata'' * '' Anadara esmeralda'' * ''

Anadara ferruginea ''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 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'' 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 year ...

'' * '' Anadara hyphalopilema'' * ''

Anadara inaequivalvis ''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 y ...

'' * '' 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 ...

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Anadara mazatlanica ''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 muii ''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 natalensis ''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 year ...

'' * '' Anadara notabilis'' ( Röding, 1798) - eared ark * '' Anadara nugax'' * ''

Anadara nux ''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 year ...

'' (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'' 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 rugifera'' * '' Anadara sabinae'' * '' Anadara satowi'' (Dunker, 1882) * ''

Anadara secernenda ''Anadara secernenda'', also known as baughman ark or skewed arkis is a saltwater clam in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other re ...

'' - Baughman ark, skewed ark * '' Anadara secticostata'' Reeve, 1844 * ''

Anadara senegalensis ''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 setigericosta'' * ''

Anadara similis ''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 y ...

'' - 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'' 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 year ...

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