Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) democraciana, Glycymeris canalis democraciana, Tucetona canalis democraciana
Full reference: F. Hodson, H. K. Hodson, and G. D. Harris. 1927. Some Venezualan and Caribbean Mollusks. Bulletins of America Paleontology 13(49):1-160
Belongs to Tucetona according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2015
See also Hodson et al. 1927 and Jung 1965
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Tucetona) evermanni, Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis, Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini, Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani, Glycymeris (Tucetona) tenuimbricata, Glycymeris (Tucetona) verticordia, Tucetona (Bellaxinaea), Tucetona acuticostata, Tucetona angusticosta, Tucetona arata, Tucetona auriflua, Tucetona broadfooti, Tucetona castaneus, Tucetona convexus, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (44 collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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