Alternative combinations: Arca (Arca) imbricata, Arca imbricata
Synonyms: Arca (Arca) umbonata Lamarck 1819, Arca americana d'Orbigny 1853, Arca umbonata Lamarck 1819
Belongs to Lamarcka according to G. Vermeij and K. Amano 2021
See also Bruguière 1789, Holmes 1860, Jung 1965, Jung 1969, Massemin et al. 2009, Maury 1917, Maury 1920, Mikkelsen 2006, Olsson 1922, Olsson 1967, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Lamarcka avellana, Lamarcka bowdeniana, Lamarcka emiliae, Lamarcka mutabilis, Lamarcka sakamizuensis, Lamarcka truncata, Lamarcka uedai, Lamarcka ventricosa, Lamarcka williamsi
Subtaxa: Arca (Arca) umbonata morantensis Arca umbonata paezensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (3), Djibouti (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (3), Eritrea (4), Haiti (3), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), Sudan (1), United States (6: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), Italy (2), Panama (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (7: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (6: Florida)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2)
Total: 74 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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