†family Isocyprinidae Gardner 2005 (clam)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Isocyprinidae

Full reference: R. Gardner. 2005. Middle-Late Jurassic bivalves of the superfamily Veneoridea from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48:325-376

Parent taxon: Arcticoidea according to M. Hautmann 2025

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Gardner 2005

Sister taxa: Arcticidae, Bernardinidae, Euloxidae, Pollicidae, Trapezidae, Veniellidae, Veniellinae

Subtaxa: Argenticyprina Austrocyprina Pseudocorbulinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (10 collections)

• Jurassic of New Zealand (2)

• Triassic of China (3), Germany (7), Hungary (9), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (23), Spain (18), Switzerland (1), United States (7: Utah)

Total: 82 collections including 90 occurrences

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