Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Alternative spelling: Arca (Lissarca)
Parent taxon: Philobryidae according to H. G. Spencer et al. 2004
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Maxwell 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adacnarca, Cosa, Cratis, Eophilobryoidella, Micromytilus, Notomytilus, Philobrya, Limarca
Subtaxa: Lissarca aucklandica Lissarca exilis Lissarca harrisonae Lissarca pisum Lissarca stationis Lissarca stewartiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (1)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (4)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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