Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Parent taxon: Arcticidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Popenoe 1937 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agapella, Ambonicardia, Anisocardia, Anisocardioides, Antarctica, Antiquicyprina, Aquilonia, Arctica, Coelocyprina, Dietrichia, Epicyprina, Fengjiachongia, Gythemon, Hartwellia, Isocyprina, Izumia, Lilingella, Loparia, Microcyprina, Mokattamia, Petalocardia, Plesiocyprina, Procyprina, Pronoella, Proveniella, Pseudotrapezium, Pygocardia, Rollierella, Roudairia, Schedotrapezium, Somarctica, Stafficallista, Staffinella, Tenea, Tortarctica, Tosacyprina, Vectianella, Venericyprina, Veniella, Venilicardia, Yunshania, Amiodon, Agelasina
Subtaxa: Etea angulata Etea carolinensis Etea occidentalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: New Jersey collections)
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (13), Colombia (1), Mexico (1), United States (99: Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 123 collections including 125 occurrences
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