Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Cyprimeria (Cyclorisma)
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Riedel 1933 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Cyclorisma orbiculata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7 collections), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Canada (1: Alberta), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), United States (116: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 131 collections including 136 occurrences
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