Cyprina denmanensis Whiteaves 1903 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - 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 scutellaria, Cyprina lens, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina purae

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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