Anadara diluvii is an extinct species of saltwater bivalves, ark clams, in the family Arcidae.World Register of Marine Species
Description Shells of Anadara diluvii can reach a size of .Conchology The two valves are symmetrical to each other, but the sides are asymmetrical. The shell have about 30-35 ribs. The inner edge is strongly serrated.Paleofox
Fossil records
This species is known in the fossil record from the Oligocene period to the Quaternary period (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago).Fossilworkd
Distribution Fossils have been found in the Quaternary of Spain. In the Pliocene of Algeria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, in the Miocene of Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and in the Oligocene of Austria and Hungary.
Bibliography Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 6: 214-221. Paris., available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library - page(s): 219 Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. . 128 pp. Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Antoni Hoffman Growth allometry in a bivalve Anadara diluvii (Lamarck) from the Badenian (Miocene) Korytnica Clays, Poland Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23 (1), 1978: 41-49
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