Alternative combination: Arca (Cunearca) chemnitzioides
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112
Belongs to Anadara (Cunearca) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Maury 1912
Sister taxa: Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Cunearca lesueuri, Cunearca scalarina, Cunearca scalaris, Cunearca silverdalensis, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Imparilarca hubbardi
Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 56.75 mile post, Pitch Lake, Brighton (Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago)
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