Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Full reference: C. J. del Rio. 1992. Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Nuculidae-Pectinidae): Part 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 225:1-58

Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to C. J. del Rio 1992

Sister taxa: 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) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi

Type specimen: CPBA 13.163, a shell. Its type locality is PN2 - Puerto Madryn Fm, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Puerto Madryn Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at PN2 - Puerto Madryn Fm

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.