Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Axinaea (Limopsis) sagittata, Glycimeris sagittata
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Glycymerita according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Anderson and Hanna 1925, Clark 1938, Dickerson 1914, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Hanna 1927, Moore 1983, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Stewart 1930, Turner 1938, Vokes 1939, Weaver 1942 and Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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 veatchii
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (23: California, Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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