Anadara santarosana

Geological Range

Early Miocene to Middle Miocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Northern Florida.

Remarks

Original Description (from Dall, 1898, p. 641):

"Oligocene of the Chipola River marl, of the lower bed at Alum Bluff, of the Sopchoppy limestone, and of the Oak Grove sands, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Burns and Dall.

Shell small, short, plump, rostrate, with moderately elevated, mesially sulcate prosocoelous beaks; left valve with thirty elevated, squarish, radial ribs, separated by slightly narrower channelled interspaces; the ribs on the posterior slope are low, smaller, and nearly smooth; those on the middle of the shell have mostly near the margin a shallow mesial sulcus; in those still more anterior the sulcus is deeper and wider, dividing each rib over most of its length into two more or less rounded riblets; concentric sculpture of regularly spaced elevated lines, which on the ribs appear as prominent ripples; right valve having the ribs narrower and less strongly sculptured, and the sulci less distinct; cardinal area short, with about three concentric grooves; beaks within the anterior fourth; hinge-line short, with about fifty-seven rather irregular, closely adjacent, nearly vertical teeth, longer and more oblique distally; margins strongly fluted; base flexuous, posterior end narrow, pointed, without any marked angle at the end of the hinge-line. Lon. 36.5, alt. 28, diam. 28 mm.

This species is most nearly related to A. staminata Dall, from which it can be distinguished especially by its lower beaks, more oblique posterior slope, more flexuous base, and attenuated posterior end."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Middle Miocene

Shoal River Formation (N. FL)

Early Miocene

Chipola Formation (N. FL)

Oak Grove Sand (N. FL)