Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767

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

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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