Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative combinations: Arctica islandicus, Cyprina islandica, Venus islandicus
Belongs to Arctica according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Hendy 2007, Rosenberg 2005 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica mediale, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina purae, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina lens, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina ivensi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Greenland (1), Iceland (6), Ireland (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: New York)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (8), Iceland (19), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), India (2)
• Oligocene of Hungary (3)
Total: 67 collections each including a single occurrence
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