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 raddii, Argina puntabravoensis, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
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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