Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Synonyms: Axinaeinae Adams and Adams 1858, Melaxinaeinae Iredale 1930, Pectunculinae, Postligatidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1984, Postligatinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1984
Parent taxon: Glycymerididae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, del Rio 1992, Dockery 1982, Glenn 1904, Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000, Moore 1983, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 2010, Stilwell 1998, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Arcullaeinae, Tucetona
Subtaxa: Africarca Costaglycymeris Ewekoromeris Glycymeris Glycymeris barbarensis Glycymerita Melaxinaea Postligata Tucetilla Tucetonella
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (4), the Bahamas (3), Belgium (1), Bermuda (5), Brazil (1), Cape Verde (1), Chile (2), Djibouti (4), Dominica (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (2), Haiti (3), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Israel (1), Italy (5), Japan (7), Kenya (2), Mexico (9), Morocco (3), New Zealand (1), Peru (8), Saudi Arabia (4), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (2), Spain (13), Sudan (1), Taiwan (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (72: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Yemen (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (3), Belgium (9), Chile (3), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (11), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), Greece (4), Haiti (1), Iceland (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (5), Japan (12), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (8), Spain (6), Trinidad and Tobago (5), the United Kingdom (5), United States (76: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (6), Argentina (19), Australia (5), Austria (8), Belgium (19), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (8), Bulgaria (6), Chile (7), Colombia (10), Cuba (1), Cyprus (5), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (1), Fiji (2), France (4), Germany (10), Greece (3), Grenada (4), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Indonesia (2), Iraq (1), Italy (7), Japan (48), Libya (1), Malta (3), Mexico (4), Moldova (4), Morocco (3), New Zealand (11), Pakistan (1), Panama (17), Peru (3), the Philippines (1), Poland (14), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (11), Slovakia (4), Somalia (3), South Africa (1), Spain (3), United States (86: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (3: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Austria (3), Bulgaria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (4), France (34), Germany (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (4), Italy (2), Japan (26), New Zealand (11), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (4), Somalia (2), United States (69: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Argentina (4), Australia (9), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (3), Colombia (3), Croatia (1), France (8), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Japan (3), Mexico (2), New Zealand (12), Nigeria (9), Panama (3), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (25), United States (248: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), Australia (1), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Denmark (7), Germany (3), India (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (64: Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6), Austria (4), Belgium (1), Bolivia (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), France (2), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), India (3), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Japan (80), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (367: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 1882 collections including 2300 occurrences