Glossus Poli 1795 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Parent taxon: Glossidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Adegoke 1977, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Advocate 1986, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Blagraveia, Meiocardia, Rakhia, Isocardioides, Isocardia, Fissilunula, Bucardia

Subtaxa: Glossus (Aralocardia) Glossus (Cytherocardia) Glossus (Glossus) Glossus (Meiocardia) Glossus (Miocardiella) Glossus (Miocardiopsis) Glossus (Sulcocardia) Glossus aquilinus Glossus filosus Glossus fraterna Glossus markoei Glossus marylandica Glossus mazlea Glossus santamaria

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Belgium (5), the Netherlands (1), United States (8: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Austria (5), Belgium (6), Bulgaria (2), Denmark (1), Germany (30), Haiti (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Slovakia (5), United States (38: Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia)

• Oligocene of Austria (1), Denmark (4), France (4), Romania (2)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Romania (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), United States (7: Alabama, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (15), Germany (1), Nigeria (2), Poland (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (42: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)

Total: 219 collections including 233 occurrences

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