Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Alternative combinations: Glossus fraternus, Isocardia fraterna
Belongs to Glossus according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Cytherocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus filosus, Glossus markoei, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus moreauensis, Glossus santamaria, Glossus slatana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (8: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of Haiti (2), United States (14: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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