Anadara (Sectiarca) marksi Olsson 1964 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

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

Sister taxa: Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Sectiarca) margaretae, Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica

Type specimen: USNM 644079, a shell. Its type locality is Mompiche [Santiago facies], which is in a Miocene marginal marine sandstone/sandstone in Ecuador.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mompiche [Santiago facies]

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