Bivalvia - Venerida - Arcticidae
Alternative combination: Cyprina globosa
Belongs to Arctica according to W. Barber 1958
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica islandica, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica mediale, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina lens, Cyprina purae, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina ivensi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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