Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Parent taxon: Cucullaeinae according to G. Vermeij and K. Amano 2021
Sister taxa: Cucullaea, Dicranodonta, Megacucullaea, Noramya, Pseudocucullaea, Lopatinia
Subtaxa: Tetrarca acuminata Tetrarca boucardi Tetrarca fernandezensis Tetrarca leptogrammica Tetrarca sisquocensis Tetrarca tetragona Tetrarca washingtoniana
Type: Arca tetragona
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Japan (6), Morocco (1), Portugal (4)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Miocene of Italy (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of United States (4: Washington)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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