Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Axinaea veatchii, Glycimeris veatchi, Glycimeris veatchii, Glycymeris veatchii, Pectunculus veatchi, Pectunculus veatchii
Synonyms: Glycymeris apletos Dailey and Popenoe 1966, Glycymeris suciensis McLellan 1927
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Glycymerita according to J. W. Haggart and R. Graham 2018
See also Dailey and Popenoe 1966, Elder and Saul 1993, Gabb 1864, Hoots 1931, Squires 2010, Stanton 1896, Stewart 1930 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) anae, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) ibariformis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) magna, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) reefensis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) tecolotensis, Glycymerita (Glycymerita), Glycymerita aleuta, Glycymerita banosensis, Glycymerita concava, Glycymerita gigantica, Glycymerita major, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata
Type specimens:
- Glycymerita veatchii: Its type locality is "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in California
- Glycymeris apletos: UCLA 40403. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4147, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/shale in the Jalama Formation of California.
- Glycymeris suciensis:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (107: California)
Total: 112 collections including 115 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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