Sanoarca Stephenson 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative spelling: Breviarca (Sanoarca)

Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 242:1-225

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

See also Stephenson 1952

Sister taxa: Breviarca, Ovalarca, Striarca, Trigonodesma, Vetoarca

Subtaxa: Sanoarca (Sanoarca) Sanoarca grandis

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Type: Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (47: Minnesota, Texas collections)

Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences

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