Alternative combination: Scapharca cercadica
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
Sister taxa: Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, Anadara (Rasia) andrewsi, Anadara (Rasia) athroa, Anadara (Rasia) bravardi, Anadara (Rasia) carmenensis, 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) golfoyaquensis, 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 the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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