Lunarca brevifrons Sowerby I 1833 (ark)
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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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