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Taxonomy
Arca veatchi was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI Loc. 816, Luculo River [Quimbriz Fm], which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/shale in the Quimbriz Formation of Angola.
It was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) veatchi by Anderson (1929), Barrios (1960) and Jung (1965); it was recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi by Perrilliat (1992).
It was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) veatchi by Anderson (1929), Barrios (1960) and Jung (1965); it was recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi by Perrilliat (1992).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. burnesi, A. chilensis, A. clathrata, A. dameyi, A. delandensis, A. hypomela, A. improcera, A. larkini, A. natalensis, A. philippiana, A. rectangularis, A. setoensis, A. tarponensis, A. turoniensis, A. watanabei, A. microtera, A. kogachiensis, A. chavezi, A. guajirensis, A. suzukii, A. tectumcolumbae, Arca montensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Arca veatchi Olsson |
| 1929 | Arca (Scapharca) veatchi Anderson p. 150 |
| 1960 | Arca (Scapharca) veatchi Barrios p. 230 |
| 1965 | Arca (Scapharca) veatchi Jung p. 429 |
| 1992 | Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi Perrilliat p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi Olsson 1922
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†Arca (Scapharca) veatchi matarucana Hodson et al. 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subg = subgenus, f = family | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Anadara veatchi (156356 157344) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Anadara veatchi (60144) | |
| Langhian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Anadara veatchi (156524) | |
| Middle Miocene | Mexico (Michoacan) | Anadara veatchi (66163 66164 76566 76567) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Anadara veatchi (52174 93051 93052 93053 93061 93062 93172 93174 93224) Arca veatchi (134662) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Arca veatchi (135503) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Anadara veatchi (145254 145278 145342 145358) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Colombia | Anadara veatchi (96501) Arca veatchi (88296) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia | Arca veatchi (97684) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama | Arca veatchi (134663) |