Alternative combinations: Anadara (Cunearca) hamelini, Arca (Anadara) hamelini, Arca hamelini
Synonyms: Arca (Anadara) sespeensis Wiedey 1928, Arca sespeensis Wiedey 1928
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Scapharca (Cunearca) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Loel and Corey 1932, Reinhart 1943 and Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Anadara (Cunearca) chemnitzioides, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Cunearca lesueuri, Cunearca scalarina, Cunearca scalaris, Cunearca silverdalensis, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Imparilarca hubbardi
Type specimens:
- Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini: SDSNH 18, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 407, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
- Arca sespeensis: SDSNH 17, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 407, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 407
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