Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combination: Glycymeris tecolotensis

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymerita) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Hanna 1927 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) anae, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) ibariformis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) magna, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) reefensis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata, Glycymerita (Glycymerita), Glycymerita aleuta, Glycymerita banosensis, Glycymerita concava, Glycymerita gigantica, Glycymerita major, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii

Type specimen: UCMP 30987. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 5091 Tecolote Creek, San Diego, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the La Jolla Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 5091 Tecolote Creek, San Diego

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