Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combinations: Anadara (Cunearca) rivulata, Arca rivulata

Synonym: Arca galei 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 Reinhart 1943 and Wiedey 1928

Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara), Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara aequatorialis, Anadara aequicostata, Anadara baughmani, Anadara callicestosa, Anadara campsa, Anadara concinna, Anadara congesta, Anadara craticulata, Anadara crebricostata, Anadara cretacea, Anadara dasia, Anadara daviesi, Anadara fichteli, Anadara firmata, Anadara formosa, Anadara garoensis, Anadara gourae, Anadara guayubinica, Anadara halidonata, Anadara hermidermos, Anadara jacksoni, Anadara kroensis, Anadara macneili, Anadara magnoliana, Anadara molengraaffii, Anadara montereyana, Anadara mummi, Anadara nugax, Anadara nux, Anadara obesa, Anadara obliquidens, Anadara osmonti, Anadara panensis, Anadara perlabiata, Anadara preangerensis, Anadara prephina, Anadara protracta, Anadara quilonensis, Anadara reinharti, Anadara riogurabonica, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta, Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii, Anadara (Grandiarca) patriarcha, Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) garitensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia, Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, Anadara (Larkinia) sellardsi, Larkinia larkinii, Larkinia camuloensis, Larkinia multicostata, Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, Larkinia santana, Larkinia grandis, Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis, Potiarca bonplandiana, Arca (Senilia) senilis, Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi, Anadara (Tosarca) columba, Anadara (Tosarca) campta, Anadara (Tosarca) tosaensis, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Cunearca scalaris, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Cunearca lesueuri, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Cunearca scalarina, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) chemnitzioides, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Cunearca silverdalensis, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Imparilarca hubbardi, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca sedanensis, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Scapharca cornea, Scapharca (Scapharca), Scapharca broughtoni, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Scapharca crashleyi, Scapharca pinguescens, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Scapharca zorritosensis, Scapharca satowi, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca chemnitzii, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Scapharca eusphaera, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca crassissima, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Anadara (Sectiarca) margaretae, Anadara (Sectiarca) marksi, Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica, Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, Anadara (Caloosarca) crassicosta, Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica, Anadara (Caloosarca) mompicha, Anadara (Caloosarca) aequalitas, Anadara (Caloosarca) biangulata, Anadara (Caloosarca) notoflorida, Anadara (Caloosarca) hoerleae

Type specimens:

• Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata: SDSNH 20, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 432, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
• Arca galei: SDSNH 21, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 427, Benedict Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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