Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Alternative combinations: Arctica islandicus, Cyprina islandica, Venus islandicus

Belongs to Arctica according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Hendy 2007, Rosenberg 2005 and Wood 1850

Sister taxa: Arctica africana, Arctica calabra, Arctica globosa, Arctica limpidiana, Arctica murrayensis, Arctica picteti, Arctica planata, Arctica provencialis, Arctica subanthooensis, Cyprina lens, Cyprina cancriniana, Cyprina ivensi, Cyprina iddingsi, Cyprina cordiformis, Cyprina occidentalis, Cyprina escheri, Cyprina cuneata, Cyprina purae, Cyprina praerustica, Cyprina denmanensis, Cyprina scutellaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Greenland (1), Iceland (6), Ireland (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: New York)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (8), Iceland (19), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Miocene of Belgium (2), Germany (1), India (2)

• Oligocene of Denmark (3), Hungary (3)

Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence

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