Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Meretrix (Cyprimeria)
Parent taxon: Cyclininae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Lombard 1930, Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cyclina, Cyclinella, Luciploma
Subtaxa: Cyprimeria cyprimeriformis Cyprimeria discus Cyprimeria moorei Cyprimeria subalata Meretrix (Cyprimeria) oldhamiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (251: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 273 collections including 322 occurrences
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