†subfamily Arcullaeinae Newell 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Glycymeridinae, Tucetona

Subtaxa: Arcullaea Peruarca Pettersia Protarca Spinarcullaea Trigonarca

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Angola (4), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (13), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (2), Germany (1), India (5), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Kyrgyzstan (3), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (4), Mali (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (6), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (103: Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 180 collections including 218 occurrences

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