Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires. 1991. New Early Eocene Species of Arca s.s. (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Southern California. The Veliger 34(1):67-72

Belongs to Arca (Arca) according to R. L. Squires 1991

See also Squires 1999

Sister taxa: Arca (Arca) accra, 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) sisquocensis, Arca (Arca) subcalcarea, Arca (Arca) suspecta, Arca (Arca) williamsoni, Arca (Arca) yaquensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 8365, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 965, Santa Susana Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore sandstone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 965, Santa Susana Mountains

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