Anadara (Rasia) springvalensis Vokes 1938 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Anadara (Anadara) springvalensis

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Anadara (Rasia) according to A. A. Olsson 1964

See also Vokes 1938

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) mississippiensis, Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, Anadara (Rasia) tamarana, Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri, Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Rasia arata

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 24985, a valve (one valve). Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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