Superfamily Arcticoidea Newton 1891 (clam)
Alternative spelling: Arcticacea
Synonym: Cypricardiacea
Parent taxon: Veneroitei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Nevesskaja 2009, Olsson 1931, Parker 1982, Rosenberg 2005, Squires 1999, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Chamoidea, Cyrenoidea, Gaimardioidea, Glossoidea, Hemidonacoidea, Mactroidea, Ungulinoidea, Veneroidea
Subtaxa: Arcticidae Bernardinidae Euloxidae Pollicidae Trapezidae Veniellidae Veniellinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder