Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Pectunculus lenticularis
Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158
Belongs to Tucetona according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2008
See also Darragh 1970 and Tate 1886
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Tucetona) evermanni, Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis, Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini, Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani, Glycymeris (Tucetona) tenuimbricata, Glycymeris (Tucetona) verticordia, Tucetona (Bellaxinaea), Tucetona acuticostata, Tucetona angusticosta, Tucetona arata, Tucetona auriflua, Tucetona broadfooti, Tucetona castaneus, Tucetona convexus, Tucetona democraciana, Tucetona finlayi, Tucetona flabellata, Tucetona gealei, Tucetona hoylei, Tucetona lamyi, Tucetona laticostata, Tucetona oculatus, Tucetona odhneri, Tucetona pectinata, Tucetona pectunculus, Tucetona sabinensis, Tucetona scalarisculpta, Tucetona sordida, Tucetona strigilata, Tucetona subtilis, Tucetona usiacurii
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Australia (9)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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