Alternative combinations: Arca (Scapharca) costaricensis, Arca costaricensis
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Anadara (Rasia) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Barrios 1960 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, Anadara (Rasia) andrewsi, Anadara (Rasia) athroa, Anadara (Rasia) bravardi, Anadara (Rasia) carmenensis, Anadara (Rasia) cercadica, Anadara (Rasia) charcoazulensis, Anadara (Rasia) corcupidonis, Anadara (Rasia) cornellana, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, Anadara (Rasia) democraciana, Anadara (Rasia) emarginata, Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta, Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, Anadara (Rasia) guayubinica, Anadara (Rasia) honensis, Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Anadara (Rasia) lita, Anadara (Rasia) medioamericana, Anadara (Rasia) mirandana, Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis, Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, Anadara (Rasia) springvalensis, Anadara (Rasia) tamarana, Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri, Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Rasia arata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3 collections)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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