Alternative spelling: Lunarca
Synonyms: Arca (Argina) Gray , Argina Gray , Scapharca (Argina) Gray
Parent taxon: Anadara according to B. P. Tiwari 2001
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, da Silva Forti 1969, Maury 1917, Mikkelsen 2006, Olsson 1931, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Reinhart 1943, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara), Anadara (Caloosarca), Anadara (Cunearca), Anadara (Diluvarca), Anadara (Esmerarca), Anadara (Grandiarca), Anadara (Larkinia), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Potiarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Sectiarca), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara (Tosarca), Anadara aequatorialis, Anadara aequicostata, Anadara baughmani, Anadara callicestosa, Anadara campsa, Anadara concinna, Anadara congesta, Anadara craticulata, Anadara crebricostata, Anadara cretacea, Anadara dasia, Anadara daviesi, Anadara fichteli, Anadara firmata, Anadara formosa, Anadara garoensis, Anadara gourae, Anadara guayubinica, Anadara halidonata, Anadara hermidermos, Anadara jacksoni, Anadara kroensis, Anadara macneili, Anadara magnoliana, Anadara molengraaffii, Anadara montereyana, Anadara mummi, Anadara nugax, Anadara nux, Anadara obesa, Anadara obliquidens, Anadara osmonti, Anadara panensis, Anadara perlabiata, Anadara preangerensis, Anadara prephina, Anadara protracta, Anadara quilonensis, Anadara reinharti, Anadara riogurabonica, Anadara santana, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta
Subtaxa: Anadara (Lunarca) kachharai Argina puntabravoensis Argina raddii Lunarca arthurpennelli Lunarca billingsiana Lunarca bolivarensis Lunarca brevifrons Lunarca brightonensis Lunarca colombiana Lunarca costata Lunarca melanoderma Lunarca ovalis Lunarca pennelli Lunarca proletaria Lunarca vespertina Scapharca (Argina) tolepia
Type: Lunarca costata
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Cuba (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), Panama (1), United States (55: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (6: North Carolina), Venezuela (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (7), Ecuador (2), India (4), Panama (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 122 collections including 127 occurrences