Lunarca bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Lunarca according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca brevifrons, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca ovalis, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Argina puntabravoensis, Argina raddii, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia

Type specimen: CAS 34581, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8060 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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