†family Isocyprinidae Gardner 2005 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Isocyprinidae

Full reference: R. Gardner. 2005. Middle-Late Jurassic bivalves of the superfamily Veneoridea from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48:325-376

Parent taxon: Veneroidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Gardner 2005

Sister taxa: Lutetidae, Veneridae

Subtaxa: Argenticyprina Austrocyprina

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (10 collections)

• Jurassic of New Zealand (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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