Dallarca Ward 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Parent taxon: Anadarinae according to L. W. Ward 1992

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anadara, Hataiarca, Indacar, Mabelllarca, Nemoarca, Philippinarca, Samacar, Scapharca, Scapharcopsis, Scaphula, Senilia, Tegilarca

Subtaxa: Dallarca elnia Dallarca idonea Dallarca staminea Dallarca subrostrata Dallarca virginiae

View classification

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (8: Florida, Virginia collections)

• Miocene of United States (53: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)

Total: 61 collections including 69 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.