†Tetrarca sisquocensis Reinhart 1937 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Full reference: P. W. Reinhart. 1937. Three New Species of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):181-185
Belongs to Tetrarca according to G. Vermeij and K. Amano 2021
Sister taxa: Tetrarca acuminata, Tetrarca boucardi, Tetrarca fernandezensis, Tetrarca leptogrammica, Tetrarca tetragona, Tetrarca washingtoniana
Type specimen: CIT 1382, a shell. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4475, Fugler Point, which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tetrarca sisquocensis in the database
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