Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative combination: Arctica occidentalis
Belongs to Cyprina according to Whiteaves 1884
See also Anderson 1938
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica islandica, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica mediale, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina purae, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina lens, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina iddingsi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Northwest of Stephenson Place, Cold Ford of Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous of California)
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