Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Invalid subtaxa: Cicatrea, Venilia Morton 1833 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Arcticidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agapella, Ambonicardia, Anisocardia, 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, Venilicardia, Yunshania, Agelasina, Amiodon
Subtaxa: Veniella byzacenica Veniella conradi Veniella forbesiana Veniella mortoni Veniella undata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Denmark (3), Germany (4), Poland (1), United States (3: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Angola (5), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Cameroon (7), Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (14), India (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (7), Morocco (1), Mozambique (4), Niger (4), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (1), Peru (4), Senegal (1), South Africa (14), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), United States (259: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 362 collections including 405 occurrences
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