Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium mediale, Isocardia medialis
Belongs to Arctica according to W. S. Adkins 1928
See also Shattuck 1903
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica islandica, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina purae, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina lens, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina occidentalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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