Arca (Arca) sisquocensis Reinhart 1937 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Arca sisquocensis

Full reference: P. W. Reinhart. 1937. Three New Species of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):181-185

Belongs to Arca (Arca) according to C. A. Hall 2002

See also Hendy 2021, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Moore 1983, Reinhart 1937, Vermeij and Amano 2021 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Arca (Arca) accra, Arca (Arca) filewiczi, Arca (Arca) givensi, Arca (Arca) gonzalesi, Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis, Arca (Arca) hawleyi, Arca (Arca) kelirensis, Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba, Arca (Arca) menengtengana, Arca (Arca) patagonica, Arca (Arca) petropolitana, Arca (Arca) santamariensis, Arca (Arca) subcalcarea, Arca (Arca) suspecta, Arca (Arca) williamsoni, Arca (Arca) yaquensis

Type specimen: CIT 1382, a shell. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4475, Fugler Point, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (8: California collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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