Full reference: G. Vermeij and K. Amano. 2021. The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). The Nautilus 135(2):42-46
Parent taxon: Arcinae according to G. Vermeij and K. Amano 2021
Sister taxa: Acar, Arca, Calloarca, Destacar, Eonavicula, Epitrisis, Mimarcaria, Miratacar, Nipponarca, Opularca, Plagiarca, Thronacar, Trisidos
Subtaxa: Lamarcka avellana Lamarcka bowdeniana Lamarcka emiliae Lamarcka imbricata Lamarcka mutabilis Lamarcka sakamizuensis Lamarcka truncata Lamarcka uedai Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarcka williamsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (3), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (3), Djibouti (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (2), Haiti (3), Jamaica (2), Japan (4), Kenya (3), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Panama (1), South Africa (1), United States (13: Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Costa Rica (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Haiti (2), Iran (1), Italy (2), Panama (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (7: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (6: Florida)
• Oligocene of Japan (1), Puerto Rico (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Japan (2)
Total: 97 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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