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