Lunarca colombiana Clark and Durham 1946 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Lunarca according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

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

Type specimen: CAS 31694, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lunarca colombiana in the database

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