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Arctica murrayensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Arctica murrayensis was named by Warren (1933). Its type specimen is University of Alberta Geological Museum Ct. 542, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murray River (East Pine) [Kaskapu Fm], which is in a Turonian/Coniacian marine shale in the Kaskapau Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. inornata, A. obesa, A. rostrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Arctica murrayensis Warren p. 114 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusArcticaSchumacher 1817
speciesmurrayensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Arctica murrayensis Warren 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available