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Glycymeris decussata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Synonyms
  • Pectunculus pennaceus was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Glycymeris pennacea by Woodring et al. (1924); it was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris decussata by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Arca decussata Linnaeus
1819Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck
1833Arca decussata Sowerby p. 22
1844Arca decussata Reeve p. 81
1922Glycymeris decussatus Olsson p. 180
1924Glycymeris pennacea Woodring and et al.
1958Glycymeris decussata Curry
1969Glycymeris decussata Richards et al. p. 4

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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
genusGlycymerisDa Costa 1778
speciesdecussata(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Glycymeris pennacea Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
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 mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:01:36
Modified: 2004-02-29 19:01:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Arca decussata (77133)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Glycymeris decussata (41543 41544 41545 41552 41554)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Glycymeris decussatus (134667 134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Glycymeris pennacea (60898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Glycymeris pennacea (92408 92409)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Glycymeris decussata (79335)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Glycymeris pennacea (60880 60881)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Arca decussata (122945)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Glycymeris decussata (67947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Arca decussata (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Arca decussata (96943 96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Glycymeris decussata (67948)