Alternative combinations: Arca (Scapharca) veatchi, Arca veatchi
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Anadara (Tosarca) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Anderson 1929, Barrios 1960 and Jung 1965
Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara), Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara aequatorialis, Anadara aequicostata, Anadara baughmani, Anadara callicestosa, Anadara campsa, Anadara concinna, Anadara congesta, Anadara craticulata, Anadara crebricostata, Anadara cretacea, Anadara dasia, Anadara daviesi, Anadara fichteli, Anadara firmata, Anadara formosa, Anadara garoensis, Anadara gourae, Anadara guayubinica, Anadara halidonata, Anadara hermidermos, Anadara jacksoni, Anadara kroensis, Anadara macneili, Anadara magnoliana, Anadara molengraaffii, Anadara montereyana, Anadara mummi, Anadara nugax, Anadara nux, Anadara obesa, Anadara obliquidens, Anadara osmonti, Anadara panensis, Anadara perlabiata, Anadara preangerensis, Anadara prephina, Anadara protracta, Anadara quilonensis, Anadara reinharti, Anadara riogurabonica, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Cunearca scalaris, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Anadara (Cunearca) chemnitzioides, Cunearca silverdalensis, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Cunearca scalarina, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Cunearca lesueuri, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Imparilarca hubbardi, Anadara (Tosarca) tosaensis, Anadara (Tosarca) columba, Anadara (Tosarca) campta, Scapharca zorritosensis, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca broughtoni, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Scapharca cornea, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Scapharca chemnitzii, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca sedanensis, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca crassissima, Scapharca crashleyi, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca (Scapharca), Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca eusphaera, Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Scapharca satowi, Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis, Potiarca bonplandiana, Anadara (Sectiarca) marksi, Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica, Anadara (Sectiarca) margaretae, Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii, Anadara (Grandiarca) patriarcha, Anadara (Grandiarca) garitensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia, Anadara (Larkinia) sellardsi, Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, Larkinia santana, Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, Larkinia camuloensis, Larkinia grandis, Larkinia multicostata, Larkinia larkinii, Arca (Senilia) senilis, Anadara (Caloosarca) hoerleae, Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica, Anadara (Caloosarca) biangulata, Anadara (Caloosarca) aequalitas, Anadara (Caloosarca) mompicha, Anadara (Caloosarca) crassicosta, Anadara (Caloosarca) notoflorida
Subtaxa: Arca (Scapharca) veatchi matarucana
Type specimen: Its type locality is PRI Loc816, Luculo River [Quimbriz Fm], which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/shale in the Quimbriz Formation of Angola.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), Mexico (2), Panama (6), Venezuela (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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