Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Glycimeris eocenica, Glycymeris eocenica, Pectunculus eocenica
Synonym: Pectunculus eocenica landesi Weaver 1912
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Clark 1938, Turner 1938, Weaver 1912 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) subtogoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) togoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Subtaxa: Glycymeris eocenica tejonensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California, Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
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