Acar celleporacea Tate 1886 (miniature ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Barbatia celleporacea

Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158

Belongs to Acar according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1886

Sister taxa: Acar bailyi, Acar congenita, Acar domingensis, Acar lamellosa, Acar plicata, Acar rostrae, Acar sandersonae, Arca (Acar) cheribonensis, Arca (Acar) pusilla, Barbatia (Acar) aspera, Barbatia (Acar) bailyi, Barbatia (Acar) dentiens, Barbatia (Acar) gradata, Barbatia (Acar) micronodosa, Barbatia (Acar) reinharti, Barbatia (Acar) trapeziformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Table Cape, Tasmania (inc. Freestone Cove Sst and Fossil Bluff Sst) (Miocene of Australia)

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