Full reference: S. Nardini. 1937. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, parte II (Lamellibranchi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, part II (bivalves)]. Palaeontographia Italica 37:225-278
Belongs to Argina according to S. Nardini 1937
Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brevifrons, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca ovalis, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Argina puntabravoensis, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
Type specimen: Its type locality is Raised beaches, Red Sea coast, which is in a Pleistocene shallow subtidal limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Raised beaches, Red Sea coast
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