Alternative combination: Arca (Diluvarca) spiekeri
Belongs to Anadara (Scapharca) according to P. Jung 1965
Sister taxa: Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca (Scapharca), Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca broughtoni, Scapharca chemnitzii, Scapharca cornea, Scapharca crashleyi, Scapharca crassissima, Scapharca eusphaera, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca rustica, Scapharca satowi, Scapharca sedanensis, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Scapharca zorritosensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (2 collections), Venezuela (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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