Alternative combinations: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis, Arca golfoyaquensis, Scapharca golfoyaquensis
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Anadara (Rasia) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Maury 1917 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, Anadara (Rasia) andrewsi, Anadara (Rasia) athroa, Anadara (Rasia) bravardi, Anadara (Rasia) carmenensis, Anadara (Rasia) cercadica, Anadara (Rasia) charcoazulensis, Anadara (Rasia) corcupidonis, Anadara (Rasia) cornellana, Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, Anadara (Rasia) democraciana, Anadara (Rasia) emarginata, Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta, Anadara (Rasia) guayubinica, Anadara (Rasia) honensis, Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Anadara (Rasia) lita, Anadara (Rasia) medioamericana, Anadara (Rasia) mirandana, Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis, Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, Anadara (Rasia) springvalensis, Anadara (Rasia) tamarana, Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri, Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Rasia arata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4 collections), the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Haiti (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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