Lissarca Smith 1877 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Alternative spelling: Arca (Lissarca)
Parent taxon: Limopsidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Maxwell 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Limopsis, Notolimopsis, Nucunella, Vasconellinae, Aupouria
Subtaxa: Lissarca aucklandica Lissarca exilis Lissarca harrisonae Lissarca pisum Lissarca stationis Lissarca stewartiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (4)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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