Samacar Iredale 1936 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Synonym: Paragrammatodon Nomura and Niino 1940

Parent taxon: Anadarinae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

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

Subtaxa: Samacar strabo

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Samacar in the database

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