Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1933. Pelecypods of the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 27(4):139-156
Belongs to Arctica according to F. H. McLearn 1933
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica islandica, Arctica mediale, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina purae, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina lens, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina cancriniana
Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 7421, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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