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Costaglycymeris waltonensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris waltonensis was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352312, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3732 - Dave Adams Mill Creek [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Costaglycymeris waltonensis by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Glycymeris waltonensis Gardner p. 37 figs. pl. 9, figs. 5-8
1992Costaglycymeris waltonensis Ward p. 61

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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
genusCostaglycymeris
specieswaltonensis()

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.

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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 mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:50:20
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:29:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Costaglycymeris waltonensis (80018 80019 80021) Glycymeris waltonensis (42692 42801 type locality: 42813 42870 42874 42875 42884 42886 42890 42891 42892 43009 43014 43032 43036 43046 94810 111204 136943)