Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combinations: Glycymeris branneri, Pectunculus branneri
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Anderson 1911, Arnold 1908 and Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, 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
Type specimen: USNM 165455, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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