Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Parent taxon: Arcticidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Hayami 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Agapella, Ambonicardia, Anisocardia, Anisocardioides, Antarctica, Antiquicyprina, Aquilonia, Arctica, Coelocyprina, Dietrichia, Epicyprina, Etea, Fengjiachongia, Gythemon, Hartwellia, Isocyprina, Izumia, Lilingella, Loparia, Microcyprina, Mokattamia, Petalocardia, Plesiocyprina, Procyprina, Pronoella, Proveniella, Pseudotrapezium, Pygocardia, Rollierella, Roudairia, Schedotrapezium, Somarctica, Stafficallista, Staffinella, Tortarctica, Tosacyprina, Vectianella, Venericyprina, Veniella, Venilicardia, Yunshania, Agelasina, Amiodon
Subtaxa: Tenea (Bojarkella) Tenea delettrei Tenea inflata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Egypt (22), Japan (4), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (2), United States (151: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 188 collections including 194 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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