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Costaglycymeris drymanos

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris drymanos was named by Gardner (1926). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Costaglycymeris drymanos by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Glycymeris drymanos Gardner
1992Costaglycymeris drymanos Ward p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusCostaglycymeris
speciesdrymanos(Gardner 1926)

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.

Costaglycymeris drymanos Gardner 1926
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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 mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:50:20
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:29:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Glycymeris drymanos (type locality: 42482 42605 42642 42656 42657 42663 42677 42678 42682 42685)