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Glycymeris (Glycymeris)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) was named by da Costa (1778). It is extant.

It was assigned to Glycymeris by da Costa (1778), Jung (1965), Fleming (1966), Marasti (1973), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires (1984), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Squires (1987), del Rio (1992), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica (syn. Pectunculus eocenica landesi), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata (syn. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis, Pectunculus philippii), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris altoumbonata, Glycymeris arcata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris camaronesia, Glycymeris camaronesia, Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris chordata, Glycymeris cuevensis, Glycymeris duplinensis, Glycymeris duplinicus, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris fijiensis, Glycymeris foujasi, Glycymeris gorokuensis, Glycymeris griesbachi, Glycymeris hanzawai, Glycymeris hillsboroughensis, Glycymeris huttoni, Glycymeris lacertosa, Glycymeris lorensis, Glycymeris lornensis, Glycymeris minoensis, Glycymeris nodosa, Glycymeris queketti, Glycymeris robusta, Glycymeris rotundata, Glycymeris secticostata, Glycymeris slodkewitschi, Glycymeris subcrenata, Glycymeris subglobosa, Glycymeris subpectiniformis, Glycymeris suwanneensis, Glycymeris tenuistriata, Glycymeris trelissickensis, Glycymeris tuckerae, Glycymeris tumulus, Glycymeris vestita

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa
1965Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Jung p. 437
1966Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Fleming p. 18
1973Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Marasti p. 100
1977Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Adegoke p. 224
1983Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Moore p. A49
1984Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 41
1986Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1987Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 55
1992Glycymeris (Glycymeris) del Rio p. 17
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Mandic and Steininger p. 276
2004Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusGlycymerisDa Costa 1778
subgenusGlycymerisda Costa 1778

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa 1778
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Invalid names: Pectunculus eocenica landesi Weaver 1912 [synonym]
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†Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata ringelei Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000
Invalid names: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis Heering 1942 [synonym], Pectunculus philippii Deshayes 1860 [synonym]
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai Frassinetti and Covacevich 1984
†Glycymeris obovata baldii Glibert and Van de Poel 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:01:36
Modified: 2004-02-29 19:01:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (198 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Glycymeris umbonatus (51597)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan Glycymeris amakusensis (219958)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Glycymeris subtogoensis, Glycymeris guineensis (7791)
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (202260)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Glycymeris eocenica (200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (122656 201250)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (200144 201256)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Glycimeris eocenica (207113 207115)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (16712 178733 200714 200716 200717 200718 200719 200722 200723 200724 200727 200737 200743 200744 200750 200751 200853 201698 205253 207154 207163)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Glycymeris eocenica (191188)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Glycymeris sp. (70917)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Glycymeris obovata (9076 9098 9131 9132 9133 9134 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9175 9177 9179 9180 9181 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina Glycymeris pseudocuevensis (71402)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Pectunculus obovatus (187379)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Glycymeris obovata (9270)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi (70565)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Glycimeris buwaldi (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Glycymeris obovata (111474 111475)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Pectunculus branneri (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) Glycymeris obovata (9170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Glycymeris obovata (9176)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70448)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris swartsi (96569)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Glycymeris pseudocuevensis (71542 71543)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Glycymeris branneri (238180 238184 238189)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Glycymeris sp. (79035 79036)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris swartsi (43808)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (74913)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Glycymeris fichteli (65161 77402 77404 77407) Glycymeris fichteli, Glycymeris obovata (77403)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris jamaicensis (60144)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (50150) Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris snatolensis, Glycymeris slodkewitschi (50037) Glycymeris snatolensis (50038)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Glycymeris deshayesi (60313) Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris obtusata (60288 60289 60291 60292 60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Iraq Glycymeris obovata (173233)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Glycymeris deshayesi (51688 51689 51690 51691)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (61898 61900)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) Glycymeris sp. (61933)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Glycymeris fijiensis (68296) Glycymeris sp. B (68294)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan Glycymeris sp. (70597)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Glycymeris angsanana (63040)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70446) Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris yessoensis (70568)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Glycymeris obovata (77856 77857 77858 77859 77861)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Glycymeris deshayesi (86875)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Glycymeris lunulata (95167)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Glycymeris deshayesi (51687)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Glycymeris inflatus (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi, Glycymeris snatolensis (49978)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Glycymeris obovata (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Glycymeris obovata (77862 77863 77864 77865 77866 77867 77868 77869 77870 77871)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Glycymeris sp. (173166)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain Glycymeris bimaculata (69788 69789)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (58824 58869)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Glycymeris jamaicensis (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina Glycymeris longioriformis (71572)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Glycymeris jamaicensis (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand Glycymeris sp. (45016)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia (New Guinea) Glycymeris caputavisensis (42391)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Glycymeris bimaculata (72311)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (74967 74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Glycymeris undata (41543 41545 41552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris gigantea (43841)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Glycymeris yessoensis (70472)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Glycymeris gigantea (96546 96549 96550 96553 96554)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Glycymeris undata (60412 60414 60415 60416 60417)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflata (71910)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Glycymeris insubrica (123585)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Glycymeris obovata (126155)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus, Glycymeris violascens (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Glycymeris obovata (76982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Glycymeris bimaculata (71913) Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris insubrica (71908) Glycymeris inflata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris insubrica (71911) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris bimaculata (71909)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70471) Glycymeris yessoensis (70470)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Glycymeris yessoensis (97076)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134657 134673)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Aomori) Glycymeris nipponica (234748) Glycymeris yessoensis (234746) Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris niponica (234747)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Glycymeris jamaicensis (58522 69090 69092 69093 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Glycymeris jamaicensis (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134659)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris nipponica (97079) Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris nipponica (97077)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Glycymeris bimaculata (72415) Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Glycymeris vestita (97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Glycymeris insubrica (76576 76578) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris sp. (76577) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris sp., Glycymeris bimaculata (76579) Glycymeris sp. (76580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Glycymeris gigantea (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Glycymeris gigantea (147802)