Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Lunarca brevifrons |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara : Lunarca brevifrons |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Lunarca |
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Scientific Name | Lunarca brevifrons (G.B.Sowerby I, 1833) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Lunarca brevifrons | species | belongs to Arca | stated with evidence | Sowerby I, 1833 | Lunarca brevifrons | species | belongs to Lunarca | stated with evidence | Keen, 1971 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic |
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Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae) |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Anadara (Lunarca)) |
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Vision | limited (based on Arcidae) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Anadara (Lunarca)) |
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Ontogeny | accretion (based on Arcidae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. M. Keen. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America |
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Keen A. M. (1971) , Sea Shells of Tropical West America, 1-1064 |
Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Huber, M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research: Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM - via Catalogue of Life |
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |