Costaglycymeris drymanos Gardner 1926 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combination: Glycymeris drymanos

Belongs to Costaglycymeris according to L. W. Ward 1992

Sister taxa: Costaglycymeris mixoni, Costaglycymeris subovata, Costaglycymeris virginiae, Costaglycymeris waltonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (10: Florida collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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