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Arctica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Arctica Schumacher
1818Cyprina Lamarck
1895Cyprina Stanton p. 60
1956Cyprina Cserna p. 16
1980Arctica Vokes p. 156
2002Arctica Sepkoski
2010Arctica Bouchet et al.
2021Arctica Mendir et al. p. 16

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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

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.

G. Arctica Schumacher 1817
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†Arctica africana Adegoke 1977
†Arctica calabra Seguenza 1876
†Arctica globosa Sharpe 1850
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767
†Arctica limpidiana McLearn 1933
†Arctica murrayensis Warren 1933
†Arctica picteti Coquand 1862
†Arctica planata Sowerby 1841
Invalid names: Cyprina Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 247.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (256 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Cyprina escheri (201970)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Cyprina sp. (210688)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Cyprina sp., Cyprina lens (38083)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Cyprina purae (204950) Cyprina sp. (204975)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112406)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation A. sp. (68350)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Cyprina cordiformis (94519)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Greenland A. syssolae (1406 1494) A. syssollae (1405 1412 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1472 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia Cyprina sp. (94588)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8France (Normandy) Cyprina royeri (23539)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Cyprina securiformis (49227)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Ethiopia Cyprina sp. (93494 93496 93499)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Cyprina securiformis (88194 88195)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Cyprina securiformis (88193)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cyprina inconspicua (212022) Cyprina sp. (212028)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Cyprina birostrata (1214)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Chile Cyprina argentina (57145)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Greenland A. sp. (82617 82619 82620)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation A. sp. (2458 2459 2461) A. sp., Cyprina sp. (2460) Cyprina sp. (2488 2489 2492 2502 2503)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland Cyprina marcousana, Cyprina valangiensis, Cyprina aubersonensis (2225)