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Glycymeris (Glycymeris)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) was named by da Costa (1778). It is extant.

It was assigned to Glycymeris by da Costa (1778), Jung (1965), Fleming (1966), Marasti (1973), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires (1984), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Squires (1987), del Rio (1992), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica (syn. Pectunculus eocenica landesi), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata (syn. Pectunculus philippii, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) subtogoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) togoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris abberans, Glycymeris acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostatus, Glycymeris africana, Glycymeris aglikitschensis, Glycymeris aglikitschensis, Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris altiuscula, Glycymeris altoumbonata, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusesnsis, Glycymeris americana, Glycymeris americana, Glycymeris angusticostata, Glycymeris angusticostatus, Glycymeris approximans, Glycymeris arabica, Glycymeris arata, Glycymeris arcata, Glycymeris austroafricana, Glycymeris auticostata, Glycymeris aviculoides, Glycymeris baldii, Glycymeris baldii, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculatus, Glycymeris bineminis, Glycymeris bonneti, Glycymeris borgesi, Glycymeris brongniarti, Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris chordata, Glycymeris compressa, Glycymeris concentrica, Glycymeris congesta, Glycymeris convexa, Glycymeris convexus, Glycymeris cordata, Glycymeris corneti, Glycymeris crenatocinctus, Glycymeris cuevensis, Glycymeris deleta, Glycymeris densilineata, Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris dispar, Glycymeris duplinensis, Glycymeris duplinicus, Glycymeris duponti, Glycymeris epacra, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris fichteli, Glycymeris fijiensis, Glycymeris formosana, Glycymeris foujasi, Glycymeris gadsdenensis, Glycymeris gorokuensis, Glycymeris goshonouraensis, Glycymeris goshonouraensis, Glycymeris griesbachi, Glycymeris gunyoungensis, Glycymeris haipensis, Glycymeris haipensis, Glycymeris hamula, Glycymeris hanzawai, Glycymeris hillsboroughensis, Glycymeris himenourensis, Glycymeris huttoni, Glycymeris inflata, Glycymeris inflata, Glycymeris inflatus, Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris intermedius, Glycymeris irnichensis, Glycymeris jamaicanus, Glycymeris japonica, Glycymeris japonica, Glycymeris junghuhni, Glycymeris katsurazawensis, Glycymeris kelsonensis, Glycymeris lacertosa, Glycymeris laevigata, Glycymeris lamyi, Glycymeris latiradiata, Glycymeris latiradiata, Glycymeris lenticularis, Glycymeris levicula, Glycymeris lintea, Glycymeris livida, Glycymeris lorensis, Glycymeris lornensis, Glycymeris lornensis, Glycymeris lunulata, Glycymeris lunulata, Glycymeris major, Glycymeris marrotiana, Glycymeris marrotianus, Glycymeris marrotianus, Glycymeris marullensis, Glycymeris matsumotoi, Glycymeris minoensis, Glycymeris minor, Glycymeris mortoni, Glycymeris nakosoensis, Glycymeris niponica, Glycymeris nipponica, Glycymeris nipponica, Glycymeris nodosa, Glycymeris noricus, Glycymeris nummaria, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obsoletus, Glycymeris obtusata, Glycymeris pecten, Glycymeris perrini, Glycymeris petropolitana, Glycymeris pilosa, Glycymeris pilosa, Glycymeris pilosus, Glycymeris pilsbryi, Glycymeris pirabensis, Glycymeris planicostalis, Glycymeris plumsteadiensis, Glycymeris prepennacea, Glycymeris proxima, Glycymeris pseudaustralis, Glycymeris pseudocuevensis, Glycymeris pseudocuevensis, Glycymeris quasipulvinata, Glycymeris queketti, Glycymeris radiolyrata, Glycymeris radiolyrata, Glycymeris robusta, Glycymeris rotunda, Glycymeris rotundata kaufmanensis, Glycymeris rotundata, Glycymeris sachalinensis, Glycymeris saggitata, Glycymeris saggittata, Glycymeris sagittatus, Glycymeris saucatsensis, Glycymeris secticostata, Glycymeris secticostata, Glycymeris selwynensis, Glycymeris slodkewitschi, Glycymeris snatolensis, Glycymeris solida, Glycymeris sordida, Glycymeris strialularis, Glycymeris strigillata, Glycymeris subaustralis, Glycymeris subcrenata, Glycymeris subglobosa, Glycymeris subgyrata, Glycymeris subimbricata, Glycymeris sublaevis, Glycymeris sublaevis, Glycymeris subpectiniformis, Glycymeris subradians, Glycymeris subtrigonalis, Glycymeris suidafrikana, Glycymeris suwanneensis, Glycymeris taytorianus, Glycymeris tenuicostata, Glycymeris tenuicostata, Glycymeris tenuistriata, Glycymeris trelissickensis, Glycymeris trigonalis, Glycymeris tuckerae, Glycymeris tumefacta, Glycymeris tumulus, Glycymeris uandiensis, Glycymeris umbonata, Glycymeris umbonatus, Glycymeris undata, Glycymeris undata, Glycymeris utcholokensis, Glycymeris variabilis, Glycymeris veatchi, Glycymeris veatchii, Glycymeris vestita, Glycymeris vestita, Glycymeris violacescens, Glycymeris violascens, Glycymeris waltonense, Glycymeris wautubbeana, Glycymeris whiteleyensis, Glycymeris yamasakii, Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris yessoensis, Glyycmeris albolineata, Glyycmeris yessoensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-08-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa
1965Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Jung p. 437
1966Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Fleming p. 18
1973Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Marasti p. 100
1977Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Adegoke p. 224
1983Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Moore p. A49
1984Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 41
1986Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1987Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 55
1992Glycymeris (Glycymeris) del Rio p. 17
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Mandic and Steininger p. 276
2004Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusGlycymerisDa Costa 1778
subgenusGlycymerisda Costa 1778

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa 1778
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†Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata ringelei Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000
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Invalid names: Pectunculus eocenica landesi Weaver 1912 [synonym]
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†Glycymeris obovata baldii Glibert and Van de Poel 1965
Invalid names: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis Heering 1942 [synonym], Pectunculus philippii Deshayes 1860 [synonym]
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai Frassinetti and Covacevich 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available