Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi Hertlein and Jordan 1927

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combination: Glycymeris swartsi

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and E. K. Jordan. 1927. Paleontology of the Miocene of Lower California. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 16(19):605-647

Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Hertlein and Jordan 1927

Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi

Type specimen: LSJU 60, a shell. Its type locality is LSJU Loc. 60, Scammon Lagoon, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Isidro Formation of Mexico.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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