Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Arcturellina
Parent taxon: Cyclocardia according to L. R. Le Renard 1993
See also Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei, Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia), Cyclocardia (Plionema), Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Cyclocardia (Vimentum), Cyclocardia abesinaiensis, Cyclocardia akagii, Cyclocardia borealis, Cyclocardia castor, Cyclocardia castrana, Cyclocardia christiei, Cyclocardia compressa, Cyclocardia dodairensis, Cyclocardia granulata, Cyclocardia hannai, Cyclocardia hannibali, Cyclocardia kurilensis, Cyclocardia mesembria, Cyclocardia moniligena, Cyclocardia novangliae, Cyclocardia pseutella, Cyclocardia spurca, Cyclocardia subtenta, Cyclocardia terryi, Cyclocardia tokunagai, Cyclocardia trentensis, Cyclocardia velutinus, Cyclocardia yoshidai, Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai
Subtaxa: Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) elegans Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) pulchra Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Israel (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (5), Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (16)
Total: 31 collections including 43 occurrences