Scapharca zorritosensis Woods 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: H. Woods. 1922. Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. . Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru 51-113

Belongs to Scapharca according to H. Woods 1922

Sister taxa: Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca (Scapharca), Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca broughtoni, Scapharca chemnitzii, Scapharca cornea, Scapharca crashleyi, Scapharca crassissima, Scapharca eusphaera, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca satowi, Scapharca sedanensis, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Scapharca vanwinkleae

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scapharca zorritosensis in the database

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