Alternative spellings: Arca (Arcopsis), Striarca (Arcopsis)
Synonyms: Spinearca, Verilarca
Parent taxon: Noetiidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Amano et al. 2000, Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, Eames 1951, Hickman 2021, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1983, Oostingh 1935, Reinhart 1943, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Incanopsis, Noetia
Subtaxa: Arca (Arcopsis) harrassowitzi Arcopsis (Arcopsis) Arcopsis adamsi Arcopsis dispar Arcopsis solida Arcopsis sparsiincisa Arcopsis symmetrica Arcopsis symmrica Arcopsis textilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (1), Bermuda (1), Costa Rica (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Japan (5), Mayotte (2), Mexico (5), Panama (2), United States (31: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Indonesia (9), Jamaica (4), Japan (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), the Philippines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (4), Greece (2), India (3), Indonesia (1), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (2), Poland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (9: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Australia (3), France (1), Nigeria (4), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (7), France (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (2), Germany (1), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 152 collections including 161 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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