Lunarca brevifrons Sowerby I 1833 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Arca brevifrons

Belongs to Lunarca according to A. M. Keen 1971

Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca ovalis, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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