Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Parent taxon: Glycymeris according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Adegoke 1977, Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986, del Rio 1992, Fleming 1966, Jung 1965, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Marasti 1973, Moore 1983, Skwarko 1994, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Vera-Peláez et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Axinactis), Glycymeris (Axinola), Glycymeris (Chevronia), Glycymeris (Ewekoromeris), Glycymeris (Grandaxinea), Glycymeris (Hanaia), Glycymeris (Pseudoveletuceta), Glycymeris (Tucetilla), Glycymeris (Veletuceta), Glycymeris americana, Glycymeris anteparilis, Glycymeris arctata, Glycymeris arquilloensis, Glycymeris baumanni, Glycymeris boguensis, Glycymeris brevirostris, Glycymeris cainozoica, Glycymeris canoa, Glycymeris caracoli, Glycymeris carbasina, Glycymeris castaneus, Glycymeris chehalisensis, Glycymeris cisshuensis, Glycymeris colchaguensis, Glycymeris conradi, Glycymeris cookei, Glycymeris cor, Glycymeris corteziana, Glycymeris crashleyi, Glycymeris crescentensis, Glycymeris decussata, Glycymeris delessertii, Glycymeris democraciana, Glycymeris depressa, Glycymeris dispar, Glycymeris dunkeri, Glycymeris eumita, Glycymeris filosa, Glycymeris fulleri, Glycymeris gabrielensis, Glycymeris geinitzii, Glycymeris gembacanus, Glycymeris globosa, Glycymeris glycymeris, Glycymeris gordoni, Glycymeris grayana, Glycymeris grewingki, Glycymeris gwadarensis, Glycymeris hedleyi, Glycymeris hummi, Glycymeris ibari, Glycymeris idensis, Glycymeris idonea, Glycymeris intercostata, Glycymeris jacquoti, Glycymeris kashewarowi, Glycymeris larvata, Glycymeris linda, Glycymeris lisbonensis, Glycymeris longior, Glycymeris maculata, Glycymeris martini, Glycymeris microsulci, Glycymeris mississippiensis, Glycymeris naiadis, Glycymeris nigeriensis, Glycymeris ovata, Glycymeris pacifica, Glycymeris parilis, Glycymeris pectunculus, Glycymeris pentzana, Glycymeris peruvianus, Glycymeris pilosa, Glycymeris pulvinata, Glycymeris puruensis, Glycymeris quilonensis, Glycymeris rectidorsalis, Glycymeris reevi, Glycymeris septentrionalis, Glycymeris shastensis, Glycymeris shrimptoni, Glycymeris sindiensis, Glycymeris sloani, Glycymeris soriensis, Glycymeris spectralis, Glycymeris stamina, Glycymeris staminea, Glycymeris striatularis, Glycymeris suwannensis, Glycymeris tenuisulcatus, Glycymeris terebratularis, Glycymeris thomsoni, Glycymeris trigonella, Glycymeris tumefactus, Glycymeris vancouverensis, Glycymeris viticola, Glycymeris waipipiensis, Glycymeris winlockensis, Glycymeris woodsi, Glycymeris wrigleyi, Glycymeris yoloensis, Glycymeris (Glycymerula) modesta, Veletuceta flammeus, Pectunculus subtrigonalis, Pectunculus lima, Pectunculus charlestonensis, Pectunculus trigonella, Pectunculus polymorphus, Pectunculus nuculatus, Pectunculus perplanus, Pectunculus ovatus, Pectunculus siouxensis, Pectunculus carolinensis, Pectunculus alternans, Pectunculus corbuloides, Pectunculus subauriculatus, Pectunculus idoneus, Pectunculus subtogoensis, Pectunculus cuneus, Pseudaxinaea violascens, Pectunculopsis moguntina, Axinaea barbarensis, Axinaea viamediae, Axinaea wyomingensis, Axinea idonea, Axinea conradi
Subtaxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri 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) swartsi Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (2), Spain (5)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5), Costa Rica (4), Greece (3), Jamaica (5), Japan (6), Mexico (1), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (6), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (5: California), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Austria (5), Belgium (16), Bulgaria (6), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Fiji (2), Germany (6), Greece (3), Indonesia (1), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (5), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (4), France (22), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: California)
• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (30: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 199 collections including 229 occurrences