Bentharca Verrill and Bush 1898 (clam)
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Parent taxon: Arcidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Coan et al. 2000, Mikkelsen 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Ambrogia, Anadarinae, Angulararca, Arcinae, Asperarca, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Coraliarca, Fugleria, Karasuarca, Kikaiarca, Litharcinae, Noetiinae, Palestinarca, Quadrilatera, Rostarca
Subtaxa: Bentharca asperula
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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