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Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy

Arca (Anadara) santaclarana was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31768 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) santaclarana by Reinhart (1943); it was recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana by Moore (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Anadara chavezi, Anadara eumeces, Anadara filicata, Anadara guajiraensis, Anadara megerata, Anadara bonneti, Anadara castellata, Anadara egleri, Anadara guajirensis, Anadara ommaensis, Anadara placata, Anadara sanctidavidis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara subcrenata, Anadara suzukii, Anadara veatchi, Arca aequitorialis, Arca pilula, Arca thalia, Arca buenavistana, Arca charanensis, Arca golfoyaquensis, Arca grandis, Arca inequilateralis, Arca singewaldi, Arca subcrenata, Arca zapotalensis, Cunearca megerata, S. agraria, S. agronomica, S. castellata, S. chiriquiensi, S. chordicosta, S. ferruginea, S. gendingensis, S. grandis, S. japonica, S. junghuhni, S. kakehataensis, S. losguemadica, S. natalensis, S. paraensis, S. pertenuicostata, S. praenatalensis, S. quayubinica, S. recondita, S. staminata, S. suzukii, S. textilicostata, S. campechiensis, S. incongrus, S. paraensis, S. gedinganensis, S. nannodes, S. suessi, S. textilicostata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1932	Arca (Anadara) santaclarana Loel and Corey p. 184 figs. Plate 7, figures 8, 9, 10a, 10b
1943	Anadara (Cunearca) santaclarana Reinhart p. 66 figs. PI. 12, figs. 12-14
1983	Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana Moore pp. A44 - A45 figs. Plate 9, figures 10, 11

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Anadarinae	Reinhart 1935
genus	Scapharca	Gray 1847
subgenus	Cunearca	(Dall 1898)
species	santaclarana	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana Loel and Corey 1932

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

intermediatef

Folds:

minorf

Ribbing:

majorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:17:02

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:17:02

Source: g = genus, f = family

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Arca santaclarana (91374 237915 237917 238142 238143 238170 238172 238175)