Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Glycymeris jamaicensis
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to P. Jung 1965
See also Anderson 1929, Maury 1917, Maury 1920 and Olsson 1922
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) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) subtogoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) togoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4 collections), Jamaica (5), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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