Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Parent taxon: Glycymerididae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Glycymeridinae, Tucetona
Subtaxa: Arcullaea Peruarca Pettersia Protarca Spinarcullaea Trigonarca
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Angola (4), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (13), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (3), Egypt (2), Germany (1), India (5), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (6), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (3), USSR (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (97: Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 174 collections including 212 occurrences