Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Alternative combinations: Glossus fraternus, Isocardia fraterna
Belongs to Glossus according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Cytherocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus filosus, Glossus markoei, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus santamaria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (8: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of Haiti (2), United States (14: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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