Subgenus Anadara (Anadara) Gray, 1847

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anadara Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [198].

  Type species:

   Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Cara Gray, J.E. 1857. On some families of bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 19: 369-371 [Date published May] [371].

  Type species:

   Arca aviculoides Reeve, 1844 (= Arca formosa Sowerby, 1833) by subsequent designation, see Stewart, R.B. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type Lamellibranchs. Special Publication No. 3 Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 314 pp., 17 pls. [86].
• Rasia Gray, J.E. 1857. A Revision of the Genera of some of the Families of Conchifera or Bivalve Shells. Part III. Arcadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 19: 366-372 [371].

  Type species:

   Arca formosa Sowerby, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Stewart, R.B. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type Lamellibranchs. Special Publication No. 3 Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 314 pp., 17 pls. [86].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [254]

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [565]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [8]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [52]

Lim, C.F. 1966. A comparative study on the ciliary feeding mechanisms of Anadara species from different habitats. Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole) 130: 106-117

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N254]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		20-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		14-Sep-2010	MODIFIED