Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii Anderson 1929 (ark)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combination: Arca (Anadara) usiacurii

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213

Belongs to Anadara (Grandiarca) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Anderson 1929 and Barrios 1960

Sister taxa: Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) garitensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patriarcha, Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia

Type specimen: CAS 4158, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 306, Usiacuri village [Tuberá Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections)

• Miocene of Colombia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.