Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Alternative combinations: Arca adamsi, Barbatia (Fossularca) adamsi, Fossularca (Fossularca) adamsi, Quadrilatera adamsi

Belongs to Arcopsis according to D. Massemin et al. 2009

See also DuBar 1958, Rosenberg 2005, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1925

Sister taxa: Arca (Arcopsis) harrassowitzi, Arcopsis (Arcopsis), Arcopsis dispar, Arcopsis solida, Arcopsis sparsiincisa, Arcopsis symmetrica, Arcopsis symmrica, Arcopsis textilis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (1), United States (31: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (4), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (9: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences

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