Anadara diluvii (Lamarck, 1805)

Taxonomy

Arc Clam

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Species: Anadara diluvii
Author Citation Lamarck (1805)

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
International Age: Langhian

Stratigraphy

unknown formation
Florianer Schichten

Provenance

Collector: Franz Bernhard
Date Collected: 09/14/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Width: 25 mm

Location

Fuggaberg (villiage west of St. Josef)
St. Josef
Styria
Austria

• 2778
• anadara diluvii
• austria
• badenian
• eastern alps
• florianer schichten
• langhian
• miocene
• styria
• styrian basin

Comments

Anadara diluvii with matrix. Width of the teeth area on the second photo is 15 mm.

Exact locality is Fuggaberg-3, west of St. Josef, in my own documentation. The fauna of this outcrop is by far (> 80 %) dominated by the mud snail Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi, 1814), which is a typical inhabitant of intertidal mudflats. A. diluvii is a relatively abundant species in this occurrence and a rather robust shell.

 

The sediments in the area belong to the "Florianer Schichten", which are part of the western Styrian basin at the eastern margin of the Alps.

The "Florianer Schichten" are about 15 Ma old (Langhian, or "Badenian" in Paratethys stratigraphic terms).

 

Ref: Messner, F. & Bernhard, F. (2017): Eine aktuelle Fossilfundstelle bei Fuggaberg westlich St. Josef in der Weststeiermark (Florianer Schichten, mittleres Miozän). Der Steirische Mineralog, 32, 5-10.