Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Arca (Argina) billingsiana

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Lunarca according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brevifrons, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca ovalis, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Argina puntabravoensis, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia, Argina raddii

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (14 collections)

• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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