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 (Tosarca) campta, Anadara (Tosarca) columba, Anadara (Tosarca) tosaensis
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 infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), Mexico (4), Panama (10), Venezuela (2)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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