Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Glycymeris rosecanyonensis
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Hanna 1927, Squires 1984 and Squires 1987
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) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Type specimen: UCMP 30989
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (25: California collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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