Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Axinea acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostatus, Pectunculus acuticostatus
Belongs to Tucetona according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Maury 1917 and Maury 1920
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Tucetona) evermanni, Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis, Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini, Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani, Glycymeris (Tucetona) tenuimbricata, Glycymeris (Tucetona) verticordia, Tucetona (Bellaxinaea), 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 lenticularis, 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:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7 collections), Jamaica (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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