Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Full reference: S. Kanjilal and M.S. Srinivasan. 2002. New Bivalves from the MIocene of Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Geological Society of India 60(5):527-536

Belongs to Glycymerita according to S. Kanjilal and M.S. Srinivasan 2002

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 major, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Little Andaman: Bivalves & assc. forams, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in India.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Little Andaman: Bivalves & assc. forams

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.