Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Full reference: A. Stoppani. 1865. Géologie et paléontologie des couches à Avicula contorta en Lombardie. Paleontologie Lombarde 3:1-267
Belongs to Cyprina according to A. Stoppani 1865
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica islandica, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina purae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Calcare di Zu Formation of Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy
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