Glycymerita Finlay and Marwick 1937

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative spelling: Glycymeris (Glycymerita)

Parent taxon: Glycymeridinae according to R. L. Squires 2010

See also Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986, del Rio 1992, Fleming 1966, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Stilwell 1998 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Africarca, Costaglycymeris, Ewekoromeris, Glycymeris, Glycymeris barbarensis, Melaxinaea, Postligata, Tucetilla, Tucetonella

Subtaxa: 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 gigantica Glycymerita major Glycymerita robusta Glycymerita sagittata Glycymerita veatchii

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Type: Glycymeris concava

Distribution:

• Pliocene of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (16), Chile (1), India (1), New Zealand (7), Peru (3)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of Mexico (2), New Zealand (8), United States (75: California, Oregon, Washington)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (4), United States (18: California)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), India (3), Italy (1), Japan (16), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (8), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (124: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)

Total: 311 collections including 332 occurrences

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