Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative spelling: Cyprina (Venilicardia)
Parent taxon: Arcticidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Douvillé 1916 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Tenea, Tortarctica, Tosacyprina, Vectianella, Venericyprina, Veniella, Yunshania, Agelasina, Amiodon
Subtaxa: Cyprina (Venilicardia) lagamensis Venilicardia (Venilicyprina) Venilicardia hunti
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Czechia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (4), Germany (1), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Poland (2), Serbia (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (11)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), India (1), Somalia (2)
Total: 31 collections including 36 occurrences
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