Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Arca mississippiensis

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Anadara (Rasia) according to W. P. Woodring 1973

See also Conrad 1848

Sister taxa: Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, Anadara (Rasia) andrewsi, Anadara (Rasia) athroa, Anadara (Rasia) bravardi, Anadara (Rasia) carmenensis, Anadara (Rasia) cercadica, Anadara (Rasia) charcoazulensis, Anadara (Rasia) corcupidonis, Anadara (Rasia) cornellana, Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, Anadara (Rasia) democraciana, Anadara (Rasia) emarginata, Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta, Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, Anadara (Rasia) guayubinica, Anadara (Rasia) honensis, Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Anadara (Rasia) lita, Anadara (Rasia) medioamericana, Anadara (Rasia) mirandana, Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, Anadara (Rasia) springvalensis, Anadara (Rasia) tamarana, Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri, Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Rasia arata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vicksburg (Oligocene of Mississippi)

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