Ovalarca Woodring 1925 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative spelling: Barbatia (Ovalarca)

Parent taxon: Striarcinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Breviarca, Sanoarca, Striarca, Trigonodesma, Vetoarca

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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