Alternative combinations: Byssoarca protracta, Navicula protracta
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Arca according to Conrad 1865
See also Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Arca (Arca), Arca (Argina), Arca (Byssoarca), Arca (Fossularca), Arca (Tosarca), Arca abrupta, Arca aldrichi, Arca angusta, Arca aquila, Arca arcta, Arca augusta, Arca aviculoides, Arca azzarolae, Arca bailyi, Arca bavarica, Arca bezanconi, Arca biangula, Arca blanfordi, Arca bouvieri, Arca brahminica, Arca budoensis, Arca caelata, Arca camaronesia, Arca capulopsis, Arca cardiiformis, Arca cardioides, Arca chemnitzi, Arca chevallieri, Arca choffati, Arca cholana, Arca clarki, Arca clathrata, Arca clellandi, Arca cordata, Arca coxi, Arca cultrata, Arca dalli, Arca debilis, Arca delandensis, Arca divaricata, Arca douvillei, Arca feddeni, Arca formosissima, Arca fuscoides, Arca galei, Arca geulemensis, Arca harrisi, Arca hispida, Arca holmesii, Arca impavida, Arca imperialis, Arca incerta, Arca interrupta, Arca japetica, Arca kannegieteri, Arca koerti, Arca koumaci, Arca labiata, Arca lactea, Arca larkhanaensis, Arca lata, Arca laudunensis, Arca leopoliensis, Arca limula, Arca mcnairyensis, Arca mekranica, Arca merriami, Arca microdonta, Arca miliacea, Arca minuata, Arca nannodes, Arca navicularis, Arca negata, Arca newtoni, Arca nitida, Arca noae, Arca nuda, Arca obeidi, Arca ovata, Arca pacifica, Arca pantheonensis, Arca paratina, Arca particularis, Arca peethensis, Arca perpectinata, Arca perradiata, Arca prephina, Arca procumbens, Arca pseudoantiquata, Arca pseudonavicularis, Arca quadrilatera, Arca radiata, Arca rudis, Arca salomonensis, Arca sandbergeri, Arca silverdalensis, Arca socialis, Arca spiekeri, Arca squamosa, Arca striatula, Arca stricklandi, Arca subfiligrana, Arca sublata, Arca submultiformis, Arca sulcicosta, Arca symphenacis, Arca syracusensis, Arca tirolensis, Arca tjidamarensis, Arca uhligi, Arca valdensis, Arca valdiviana, Arca vanholsti, Arca vaughani, Arca wagneriana, Arca zebra, Scapharca zorritensis, Navicula tutamoensis, Arcoptera wagneriana, Arcoptera elegantula, Arcoptera ampla, Arcoptera canaliculata, Arcoptera lateareata, Arcoptera areata, Arcoptera vixareata, Arcoptera schlosseri
Type specimen: ANSP 30649, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Vicksburg (Oligocene of Mississippi)
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