Argina raddii Nardini 1937 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

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: 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: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Raised beaches, Red Sea coast

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