Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Glycymeris banosensis
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Glycymerita according to R. L. Squires 2010
See also Anderson 1958
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 concava, Glycymerita gigantica, Glycymerita major, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc29117, Los Baños Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Moreno Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (13: California)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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