PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Glycymeridinae

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy

Glycymeridinae was named by Newton (1922) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9232]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Glycymerididae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Moore (1983), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Ward (1992), del Rio (1992), Stilwell (1998), Moerdijk and van Nieulande (2000), Coan et al. (2000), Spencer et al. (2004), Squires (2010), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Africarca, Costaglycymeris, Ewekoromeris, Glycymeris (syn. Axinaea, Glycymerula, Axinaeoderma, Veletuceta, Pectunculigenus, Tuceta, Pseudaxinaea, Manaia, Pectunculopsis, Pectunculus), Glycymeris barbarensis, Glycymerita, Melaxinaea, Postligata, Tucetilla, Tucetonella

Synonyms

Pectunculinae is a subfamily.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeridinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Arcidae by Glenn (1904).
Axinaeinae was named by Adams and Adams (1858). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeridinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Postligatidae was named by Scarlato and Starobogatov (1984). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeridinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Melaxinaeinae was named by Iredale (1930). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeridinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Glycymerididae by Spencer et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1858	Axinaeinae Adams and Adams
1904	Pectunculinae Glenn p. 393
1922	Glycymeridinae Newton
1930	Melaxinaeinae Iredale
1977	Glycymeridinae Adegoke p. 224
1980	Glycymeridinae Vokes p. 20
1982	Glycymeridinae Dockery p. 36
1983	Glycymeridinae Moore p. A49
1984	Glycymeridinae Squires p. 41
1987	Glycymeridinae Squires p. 55
1992	Glycymeridinae Ward p. 60
1992	Glycymeridinae del Rio p. 16
1998	Glycymeridinae Stilwell p. 35
2000	Glycymeridinae Coan et al. p. 142
2000	Glycymeridinae Moerdijk and van Nieulande p. 4
2004	Glycymeridinae Spencer et al.
2004	Melaxinaeinae Spencer et al.
2010	Glycymeridinae Bouchet et al.
2010	Glycymeridinae Squires p. 897
2011	Glycymeridinae Carter et al. p. 7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Glycymerididae	Newton 1922
subfamily	Glycymeridinae	Newton 1922
subfamily	Glycymeridinae	Newton 1922

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.

Subfm. Glycymeridinae Newton 1922

show all | hide all

G. †Africarca Eames 1957

G. †Costaglycymeris Ward 1992

†Costaglycymeris drymanos Gardner 1926

†Costaglycymeris mixoni Ward 1992

†Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824

†Costaglycymeris virginiae Wagner 1848

†Costaglycymeris waltonensis Gardner 1947

G. †Ewekoromeris Adegoke 1977

G. Glycymeris Da Costa 1778

Subg. Glycymeris (Axinactis) Mörch 1861

Subg. Axinactis (Axinactis) Mörch 1861

Subg. Axinactis (Glycymerella) Woodring 1925

Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis Sowerby 1832

Subg. Glycymeris (Axinola) Hertlein and Grant 1972

Subg. Glycymeris (Chevronia) Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000

Subg. †Glycymeris (Ewekoromeris) Adegoke 1977

†Glycymeris (Ewekoromeris) ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977

Subg. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa 1778

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana Martin 1921

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri Arnold 1908

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi Clark 1918

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis Beets 1986

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica Weaver 1912

†Glycymeris eocenica tejonensis Weaver 1912

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi Dall 1909

Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea Reeve 1843

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis Adegoke 1977

Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis del Rio 1992

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana Marwick 1931

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819

†Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata ringelei Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000

†Glycymeris obovata baldii Glibert and Van de Poel 1965

Invalid names: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis Heering 1942 [synonym], Pectunculus philippii Deshayes 1860 [synonym]

Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi Hertlein and Jordan 1927

†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai Frassinetti and Covacevich 1984

Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi Nicol 1947

Invalid names: Pectunculus eocenica landesi Weaver 1912 [synonym]

Subg. Glycymeris (Grandaxinea)

Subg. †Glycymeris (Hanaia) Hayami 1965

†Glycymeris (Hanaia) hokkaidoensis Yabe and Nagao 1928

Subg. †Glycymeris (Pseudoveletuceta) Tashiro 1971

†Glycymeris (Pseudoveletuceta) mifunensis Tashiro 1971

Subg. †Glycymeris (Tucetilla)

Subg. †Glycymeris (Veletuceta)

Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826

†Glycymeris anteparilis Kellum 1926

†Glycymeris arctata Conrad 1848

†Glycymeris arquilloensis Rivera 1957

†Glycymeris baumanni Maury 1924

†Glycymeris boguensis Richards and Harbison 1947

†Glycymeris brevirostris Sowerby 1824

†Glycymeris cainozoica Tenison Woods 1877

†Glycymeris canoa Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

†Glycymeris caracoli Anderson 1928

†Glycymeris carbasina Brown and Pilsbry 1911

Glycymeris castaneus Lamarck 1819

†Glycymeris chehalisensis Weaver 1916

†Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926

†Glycymeris cisshuensis compressa Nagao 1928

†Glycymeris colchaguensis Hupé 1854

†Glycymeris conradi Whitfield 1885

†Glycymeris cookei Dall 1916

†Glycymeris cor Lamarck 1805

Glycymeris corteziana Dall 1916

†Glycymeris crashleyi Maury 1924

†Glycymeris crescentensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758

Invalid names: Glycymeris pennacea Lamarck 1819 [synonym]

†Glycymeris delessertii Reeve 1843

†Glycymeris democraciana Hodson et al. 1927

†Glycymeris depressa Deshayes 1829

†Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826

†Glycymeris dispar pseudopulvinatus d'Orbigny 1850

†Glycymeris dunkeri Boettger 1883

†Glycymeris eumita Maury 1924

†Glycymeris filosa Conrad 1854

†Glycymeris fulleri Kensley and Pether 1986

†Glycymeris gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946

†Glycymeris geinitzii Orbigny 1850

Invalid names: Pectunculus sublaevis Sowerby 1837 [synonym]

†Glycymeris gembacanus Martin 1883

†Glycymeris globosa Sowerby in Dixon 1850

Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758

Glycymeris gordoni Nowell-Usticke 1959

†Glycymeris grayana

†Glycymeris grewingki Dall 1909

Invalid names: Glycymeris larvula Hanna 1924 [synonym]

†Glycymeris gwadarensis Vredenburg 1928

Glycymeris hedleyi Lamy 1912

†Glycymeris hummi Ward and Blackwelder 1987

†Glycymeris ibari Philippi 1887

†Glycymeris idensis Kanno 1956

†Glycymeris idonea Conrad 1865

†Glycymeris intercostata Gabb 1860

†Glycymeris jacquoti Tournouer 1873

†Glycymeris kashewarowi Grewingk 1848

†Glycymeris larvata Hanna 1924

Invalid names: Glycymeris conradi Dall 1909 [replaced]

†Glycymeris linda Maury 1924

†Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919

Glycymeris longior Sowerby 1832

Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832

†Glycymeris martini Finlay 1927

†Glycymeris microsulci Wade 1926

†Glycymeris mississippiensis Conrad 1848

†Glycymeris naiadis Maury 1924

†Glycymeris nigeriensis Newton 1922

†Glycymeris ovata Stanton 1895

†Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902

†Glycymeris parilis Conrad 1843

Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758

†Glycymeris peruvianus Olsson 1930

Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767

†Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805

†Glycymeris puruensis Martin 1914

†Glycymeris quilonensis Dey 1961

†Glycymeris rectidorsalis Marwick 1931

†Glycymeris reevi Meyer 1868

Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849

Invalid names: Glycymeris (Axinola) profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris coalingensis Arnold 1909 [synonym], Glycymeris profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris subobsoleta Carpenter 1864 [synonym]

†Glycymeris shrimptoni Marwick 1923

†Glycymeris sindiensis Vredenburg 1928

†Glycymeris sloani Ward and Blackwelder 1987

†Glycymeris soriensis Eames 1951

Glycymeris spectralis Nicol 1952

†Glycymeris stamina Conrad 1833

†Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833

†Glycymeris striatularis

†Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937

†Glycymeris tenuisulcatus Koenen 1893

†Glycymeris terebratularis Lamarck 1805

†Glycymeris thomsoni Marwick 1929

†Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833

†Glycymeris trigonella minor Lea 1833

†Glycymeris tumefactus Pilsbry and Brown 1917

†Glycymeris tumefactus lavelensis Hodson 1927

†Glycymeris vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923

†Glycymeris viticola Anderson and Hanna 1825

†Glycymeris waipipiensis Marwick 1923

†Glycymeris winlockensis Effinger 1938

†Glycymeris wishkahensis Clark 1925

†Glycymeris woodsi Clark and Durham 1946

†Glycymeris woodsi carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946

†Glycymeris wrigleyi Curry 1958

†Glycymeris yoloensis Squires 2010

†Pectunculus pilosus insubricus Brocchi 1814

Invalid names: Axinaea Poli 1791 [synonym], Axinaeoderma Poli 1795 [synonym], Glycymerula Finlay and Marwick 1937 [synonym], Manaia [synonym], Pectunculigenus Renier 1807 [synonym], Pectunculopsis Ebert 1890 [synonym], Pectunculus Lamarck 1799 [synonym], Pseudaxinaea Monterosato 1892 [synonym], Tuceta Röding 1798 [synonym], Veletuceta Iredale 1931 [synonym]

G. †Glycymerita Finlay and Marwick 1937

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) anae Smith 1945

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos Dailey and Popenoe 1966

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) ibariformis Frassinetti and Covacevich 1983

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) magna del Rio 1992

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) reefensis Vokes 1939

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Gabb 1864

†Glycymeris sagittata kelsoensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) tecolotensis Hanna 1927

†Glycymeris sagittata dickersoni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Subg. †Glycymerita (Glycymerita) Finlay and Marwick 1937

†Glycymerita (Glycymerita) cardioides d'Orbigny 1847

†Glycymerita aleuta Squires 2010

†Glycymerita banosensis Anderson 1958

†Glycymerita concava Marshall 1917

†Glycymerita gigantica Kanjilal and Srinivasan 2002

†Glycymerita major Stanton 1896

Invalid names: Glycymeris maccrayi Waring 1917 [synonym]

†Glycymerita robusta Marwick 1923

†Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864

†Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864

Invalid names: Glycymeris apletos Dailey and Popenoe 1966 [synonym], Glycymeris pentzana Anderson 1958 [synonym], Glycymeris shastensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Glycymeris suciensis McLellan 1927 [synonym], Glycymeris veatchii anae Smith 1945 [invalid subgroup], Glycymeris veatchii reddingensis Smith 1945 [invalid subgroup]

G. Melaxinaea Iredale 1930

†Melaxinaea pectiniformis Lamarck 1819

†Melaxinaea vitrea Lamarck 1819

Invalid names: Melaxinaea labyrintha Iredale 1931 [synonym], Melaxinaea litoralis Iredale 1931 [synonym], Pectunculus novaguineensis Angas 1879 [synonym]

G. †Postligata Gardner 1916

G. Tucetilla Iredale 1939

G. Tucetonella Habe 1961

Invalid names: Axinaeinae Adams and Adams 1858 [synonym], Glycymeris barbarensis Conrad 1856 [nomen dubium], Melaxinaeinae Iredale 1930 [synonym], Pectunculinae [synonym], Postligatinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1984 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available