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Glycymeris suwannensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy

Glycymeris suwannensis was named by Mansfield (1937) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 495969, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1937	Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield pp. 192-195
1940	Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield p. 174
1982	Glycymeris suwannensis Dockery p. 36

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
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
genus	Glycymeris	Da Costa 1778
species	suwannensis	Mansfield 1937

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.

†Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

thickf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

majorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-29 17:01:36

Modified:

2004-02-29 19:01:36

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	Glycymeris suwannensis (80184)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	Glycymeris suwannensis (60663 60677 60968)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Glycymeris suwannensis (5820 5867 5941 5942 5943 5944 5947 5950 7114)