Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Alternative combination: Cyprina planata
Belongs to Arctica according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica islandica, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina scutellaria, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina purae, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina lens, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina denmanensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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