Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata, Glycymeris obovata, Pectunculus obovatus
Synonyms: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis Heering 1942, Pectunculus philippi Deshayes 1860, Pectunculus philippii Deshayes 1860
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm 2008
See also Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000
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) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Subtaxa: Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata ringelei Glycymeris obovata baldii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (5 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (16), Denmark (1), Germany (6), Iraq (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (4), France (22), Romania (1)
Total: 57 collections including 58 occurrences
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