Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Arca (Scapharca) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation
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