Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative spelling: Bellaxinaea
Parent taxon: Tucetona according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Tucetona) evermanni, Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis, Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini, Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani, Glycymeris (Tucetona) tenuimbricata, Glycymeris (Tucetona) verticordia, Tucetona acuticostata, Tucetona angusticosta, Tucetona arata, Tucetona auriflua, Tucetona broadfooti, Tucetona castaneus, Tucetona convexus, Tucetona democraciana, Tucetona finlayi, Tucetona flabellata, Tucetona gealei, Tucetona hoylei, Tucetona lamyi, Tucetona laticostata, Tucetona lenticularis, Tucetona oculatus, Tucetona odhneri, Tucetona pectinata, Tucetona pectunculus, Tucetona sabinensis, Tucetona scalarisculpta, Tucetona sordida, Tucetona strigilata, Tucetona subtilis, Tucetona usiacurii
Subtaxa: Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Japan (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence