Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative spelling: Cyprina (Anisocardia)
Parent taxon: Arcticidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Douvillé 1916 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agapella, Ambonicardia, Anisocardioides, Antarctica, Antiquicyprina, Aquilonia, Arctica, Coelocyprina, Dietrichia, Epicyprina, Etea, Fengjiachongia, Gythemon, Hartwellia, Isocyprina, Izumia, Lilingella, Loparia, Microcyprina, Mokattamia, Petalocardia, Plesiocyprina, Procyprina, Pronoella, Proveniella, Pseudotrapezium, Pygocardia, Rollierella, Roudairia, Schedotrapezium, Somarctica, Staffinella, Tenea, Tortarctica, Vectianella, Venericyprina, Veniella, Venilicardia, Yunshania, Amiodon, Agelasina
Subtaxa: Anisocardia (Collignonicardia) Anisocardia beaumonti Anisocardia globosa Anisocardia hermitei Anisocardia islipensis Anisocardia longicaudata Anisocardia parvula Anisocardia pectinifera Anisocardia rostrata Anisocardia tenera Cyprina (Anisocardia) hermitei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Egypt (2), Lebanon (1), Libya (2), Zimbabwe (2)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (29), China (9), Ethiopia (1), France (21), Germany (3), Hungary (2), India (8), Jordan (3), Kenya (4), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), Portugal (4), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (3), Somalia (3), Spain (7), Tanzania (3), Tunisia (22), the United Kingdom (33)
• Triassic of New Zealand (2)
Total: 174 collections including 205 occurrences
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