Anadara
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Anadara Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent |
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| Numerous live individuals of Anadara granosa on sale as seafood | |
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| Fossil of Anadara diluvii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorpha |
| Order: | Arcoida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: |
Anadara Gray, 1847 |
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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 years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.
Species within the genus Anadara include:
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