Arcticidae

The Arcticidae are a family of marine clams in the order Venerida. The only living species in the family is Arctica islandica. There are also many fossil species classified in a number of genera.

Arcticidae

Jan Johan ter Poorten · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ArcticoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Venerida
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Venerida
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Venerida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 239 million years on record.

The record covers at least 239.48 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 2239 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 2 of 2239 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 113 of 2239 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 193 of 2239 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 367 of 2239 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 425 of 2239 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 206 of 2239 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 781 of 2239 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 30 of 2239 occurrencesEocene — about 20 of 2239 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 8 of 2239 occurrencesMiocene — about 9 of 2239 occurrencesPliocene — about 49 of 2239 occurrencesPleistocene — about 34 of 2239 occurrences252–244 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences244–235 Mya — about 2 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 2 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 2 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 2 occurrences210–202 Mya — about 103 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 67 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 59 occurrences185–176 Mya — about 68 occurrences176–168 Mya — about 120 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 290 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 198 occurrences151–143 Mya — about 187 occurrences143–134 Mya — about 34 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 26 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 44 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 50 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 49 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 104 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 69 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 112 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 412 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 107 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 19 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 8 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 3 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 5 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 6 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 5 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 85 occurrences239.48 Mya11.7 ka252 Mya0 Mya

2,239 occurrences of Arcticidae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,239 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

337 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ECarmel — 37.59°N, 113.07°WCarmel — 37.54°N, 113.12°WCarmel — 37.35°N, 113.33°WCarmel — 37.21°N, 113.30°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.41°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.78°WCarmel — 39.19°N, 110.67°WCarmel — 39.13°N, 110.73°WCarmel — 39.05°N, 110.87°WCarmel — 38.98°N, 110.88°WCarmel — 38.86°N, 110.91°WCarmel — 39.13°N, 110.47°WCarmel — 39.10°N, 110.44°WCarmel — 39.04°N, 110.40°WCarmel — 38.93°N, 110.42°WCarmel — 38.71°N, 110.55°WCarmel — 38.74°N, 110.52°WCarmel — 38.28°N, 111.49°WCarmel — 38.28°N, 111.19°WCarmel — 38.22°N, 111.15°WCarmel — 38.09°N, 111.39°WCarmel — 37.92°N, 111.66°WCarmel — 37.28°N, 112.51°WCarmel — 37.31°N, 112.59°WCarmel — 37.24°N, 112.67°WCarmel — 37.38°N, 112.85°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 112.88°WCarmel — 37.25°N, 112.90°WCarmel — 37.25°N, 112.83°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.94°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.40°N, 111.04°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.17°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.10°N, 110.84°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.98°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.30°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.48°N, 111.48°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.00°N, 111.49°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.64°N, 110.82°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.51°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.44°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.09°N, 110.47°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.70°N, 111.55°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.18°N, 111.11°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.61°N, 110.89°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.07°N, 111.54°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.67°N, 111.02°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WKossen — 47.78°N, 13.80°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.57°N, 11.77°EKossen — 47.75°N, 14.73°EKossen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.71°N, 13.20°ETrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WLadd — 33.73°N, 117.62°WLadd — 33.76°N, 117.66°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.65°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.34°N, 95.40°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.34°N, 97.51°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.57°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 95.60°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WKoessen — 47.00°N, 13.00°EKoessen — 47.71°N, 13.20°EKoessen — 47.67°N, 12.70°ESevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.30°N, 48.47°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.70°N, 4.42°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.64°N, 4.73°EBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 34.67°N, 78.24°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.22°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGijon — 43.48°N, 5.27°WGijon — 43.43°N, 5.53°WGijon — 42.85°N, 4.38°WGijon — 42.83°N, 4.42°WGijon — 42.92°N, 4.20°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.82°N, 88.88°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.88°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.63°N, 88.84°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.02°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.01°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.00°WPeedee — 34.04°N, 79.80°WPeedee — 33.99°N, 79.52°WPeedee — 33.90°N, 79.43°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WPeedee — 34.40°N, 78.27°WPeedee — 34.48°N, 78.41°WWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WWhite Limestone — 51.00°N, 1.00°WWestbury — 50.97°N, 2.96°WWestbury — 51.17°N, 3.27°WWestbury — 54.26°N, 1.28°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.67°N, 122.19°W

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The named rock units Arcticidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 313 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 474 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Arcticidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Arcticidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,693 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,505 sites for Arcticidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

330 references

Each of the 2,239 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 318 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Arcticidae

Credit
Jan Johan ter Poorten
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Arcticidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itArcticoidea through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Newton 1891