Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Glycimeris veatchi major, Glycimeris veatchii major, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major, Glycymeris major, Glycymeris veatchii major, Pectunculus veatchi major
Synonyms: Glycimeris maccrayi Waring 1917, Glycymeris (Tucetona) maccrayi Waring 1917, Glycymeris maccrayi Waring 1917
Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1896. The Faunal Relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific Coast. Seventeenth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1895-1896: Part 1. Director's Report and Other Papers 1011-1059
Belongs to Glycymerita according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Clark and Woodford 1927, Coan et al. 2000, Dickerson 1914, Keen and Bentson 1944, Moore 1983, Smith 1945, Squires 2010, Stanton 1896 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 robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii
Subtaxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major meganosensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (13: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (20: California)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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