Arcomya Agassiz 1838 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Alternative spelling: Pholadomya (Arcomya)

Parent taxon: Pholadomyidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Salomon 1895 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agrawalimya, Anomalopleuroidea, Cortinia, Deltamya, Dianomya, Girardotia, Goniomya, Homomya, Homoya, Machomya, Molukkana, Neoburmesia, Osteomya, Pachymya, Parilimya, Pholadomya, Pholadomyinae, Rhytimya, Tetorimya, Triplicosta

Subtaxa: Arcomya deserti Arcomya undulata Pholadomya (Arcomya) sansonii

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Chile (1), China (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Greenland (38), India (2), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (13), the United Kingdom (10), United States (1: California)

• Triassic of Hungary (2), Italy (1), United States (2: Utah)

Total: 81 collections including 98 occurrences

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