Genus Anadara Gray, 1847
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement
Introduction
Following Huber (2010) Anadara is treated here with seven subgenera. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) does not include subgenera.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Arcidae: Anadara (Cunearca) Dall, 1898 — 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. (restricts this subgenus to only species found in the Americas; Australian species referred to Imparilarca and Potiarca)
Arcidae: Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis (Bruguière, 1789) [original combination is Arca inaequivalvis Bruguière, 1789] — Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [56, sp. 85]; 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. (according to Huber this is not an Australian species; Australian records are equal to Anadara (Scapharca) aliena Iredale, 1939)
Arcidae: Anadara (Scapharca) secticostata Reeve, 1844 [original combination of Arca secticostata Reeve, 1844] — 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. (according to WORMS this is now equal to secticostata Reeve, 1844; found from the USA to Venezulea; Australian species are Anadara (Anadara) auriculata (Lamarck, 1819))
Arcidae: Arca fultoni Sowerby, 1907 [Lamprell & Healy (1998) considered this to be a synonym of Anadara (Scapharca) crebricostata but Huber considered it to be a valid species, but non-Australian] — Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [56, sp. 82] (As synonym of Anadara (Scapharca) crebricostata); 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. [On the CD]
Arcidae: Arca globosa Reeve, 1853 — Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [283]; Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [56, sp. 85]; 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. (according to Huber this is a valid species, but not Australian)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan; southern Australian populations extinct
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
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [44]
Habe, T. 1965. Anadarinae in Japan and its adjacent areas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 8: 73-84 [71-72]
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [273-275]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [39] (Scapharca treated as a subgenus of Anadara, which has been followed herein)
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) |
| 23-Apr-2018 | BIVALVIA | 23-Apr-2018 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 28-Jul-2014 | 28-Jul-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Jan-2013 | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 24-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 14-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |