Alternative combinations: Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis, Anadara ovalis, Arca ovalis
Synonyms: Arca campechiensis Gmelin 1791, Arca pexata Say 1822
Belongs to Lunarca according to D. Massemin et al. 2009
See also da Silva Forti 1969, Hendy et al. 2008, Richards 1962 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai, Lunarca arthurpennelli, Lunarca billingsiana, Lunarca bolivarensis, Lunarca brevifrons, Lunarca brightonensis, Lunarca colombiana, Lunarca costata, Lunarca melanoderma, Lunarca pennelli, Lunarca proletaria, Lunarca vespertina, Argina puntabravoensis, Scapharca (Argina) tolepia, Argina raddii
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Cuba (1), Panama (1), United States (54: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of United States (4: North Carolina), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 74 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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