Full reference: P. W. Reinhart. 1937. Three New Species of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):181-185
Belongs to Arca (Arca) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Moore 1983, Reinhart 1937, Reinhart 1943 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Arca (Arca) accra, Arca (Arca) filewiczi, Arca (Arca) givensi, Arca (Arca) gonzalesi, Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis, Arca (Arca) hawleyi, Arca (Arca) kelirensis, Arca (Arca) lomasdesamba, Arca (Arca) menengtengana, Arca (Arca) patagonica, Arca (Arca) petropolitana, Arca (Arca) sisquocensis, Arca (Arca) subcalcarea, Arca (Arca) suspecta, Arca (Arca) williamsoni, Arca (Arca) yaquensis, Arca turonica
Type specimen: CIT 1381, a shell. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4475, Fugler Point, which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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