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Glyptarca

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glyptarcidae

Taxonomy
Glyptarca was named by Hicks (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llde-u Sepkoski's reference number: 948,1238]. It is the type genus of Glyptarcidae.

It was assigned to Modiomorphidae by Carter (1971); to Parallelodontinae by Vokes (1980); to Modiomorphoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Glyptarcidae by Fang (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010), Wang et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Glyptarca Hicks
1971Glyptarca Carter p. 258
1980Glyptarca Vokes p. 15
2002Glyptarca Sepkoski
2006Glyptarca Fang
2010Glyptarca Bouchet et al.
2025Glyptarca Wang et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyGlyptarcoidea
familyGlyptarcidae
genusGlyptarca

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.

G. †Glyptarca Hicks 1873
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Glyptarca dalecarlica Isberg 1934
Glyptarca primaeva Hicks 1873
Glyptarca sinensis Fang and Cope 2004
Glyptarca symmetrica Wang et al. 2025
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 11:43:22
Modified: 2009-06-05 13:45:25
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Moridunian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 477.10000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) G. primaeva (89324) G. serrata (87601)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) G. primaeva (3713 3714 166752)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China G. sinensis (232222 232223 232225)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Yunnan) G. sinensis (241200 241202 241204 241214) G. sp., G. symmetrica (241201) G. symmetrica (241207 241212) G. symmetrica, G. sinensis (241060 241199 241203 241213)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) G. radnorensis (20699)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) G. sp. (20898 20899)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Salamanca) G. naranjoana (21092)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Oviedo) G. sp. (21094)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Ireland G. sp. (381)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) G. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal G. lusticanica (193319 193320 193327 193328 193329) G. sp. (20932 20933)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) G. naranjoana (20891)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Finistere) G. sp. (20872)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1Portugal G. sp. A (20931)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc461.0 - 449.5Spain (Ciudad Real) G. sp. (20892)