Alternative combinations: Arca brevifrons, Argina brevifrons
Belongs to Lunarca according to A. M. Keen 1971
See also Reinhart 1943
Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca ovalis, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Argina raddii, Argina puntabravoensis, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
Subtaxa: Lunarca brevifrons brevifrons Lunarca brevifrons bucaruana
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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