Arctica limpidiana McLearn 1933 (clam)

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 escheri, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina purae, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina lens, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina ivensi

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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