Alternative combinations: Arca broughtoni, Scapharca broughtonii
Synonym: Arca inflata Reeve 1844
Belongs to Scapharca according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Okutaini 2000 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca (Scapharca), Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca chemnitzii, Scapharca cornea, Scapharca crashleyi, Scapharca crassissima, Scapharca eusphaera, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca satowi, Scapharca sedanensis, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Scapharca zorritosensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (5 collections), Pakistan (1)
• Pliocene of Pakistan (2)
• Miocene of Pakistan (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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