Nipponarca Habe 1951 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative spelling: Barbatia (Nipponarca)

Parent taxon: Arcinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Healy 1998

Sister taxa: Acar, Arca, Calloarca, Destacar, Eonavicula, Epitrisis, Lamarcka, Mimarcaria, Miratacar, Opularca, Plagiarca, Thronacar, Trisidos

Subtaxa: Barbatia (Nipponarca) bistrigata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nipponarca in the database

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