Bivalvia - Venerida - Arcticidae
Belongs to Cyprina according to F. M. Anderson 1958
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 praerustica, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina lens, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina purae, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina cancriniana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (3: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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