Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi
Full reference: C. R. Laws. 1939. The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the royal Society of New Zealand 68(4):466-503
Belongs to Tucetona according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Laws 1939
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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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