Parent taxon: Striarcinae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Breviarca, Ovalarca, Sanoarca, Trigonodesma, Vetoarca
Subtaxa: Striarca africana Striarca centenaria Striarca compressa Striarca lamyi Striarca sculptilis Striarca umbonata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Italy (3), Japan (3), Kenya (1), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (11), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (7)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Cyprus (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), the Philippines (1), Spain (4), United States (9: Virginia)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Bulgaria (2), Cyprus (1), France (1), Indonesia (6), Italy (1), Japan (3), Morocco (1), the Philippines (2), Poland (5), Slovakia (4), United States (7: New Jersey, Virginia)
• Oligocene of France (3)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Nigeria (6), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), United States (236: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 351 collections including 392 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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