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Glossus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Taxonomy

Glossus was named by Poli (1795) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Glossidae by Marasti (1973), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Squires and Advocate (1986), Ward (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Wienrich (1999), Mendir et al. (2021).

Species

G. (Aralocardia), G. (Cytherocardia), G. (Glossus), G. (Meiocardia), G. (Miocardiella), G. (Miocardiopsis), G. (Sulcocardia), G. aquilinus, G. filosus, G. fraterna, G. markoei, G. marylandica, G. mazlea, G. moreauensis, G. santamaria, G. slatana

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. aegyptiaca, G. bulbosa, G. burdigalensis, G. chargeehensis, G. chargehensis, G. conradi, G. cor, G. cytheroides, G. faxensis, G. fraternas, G. hendersoni, G. hoernesi, G. humanus, G. humanus, G. humanus, G. ignolea, G. irelandi, G. lunalatua, G. lunulatus, G. lunulatus, G. lunulatus, G. mayeri, G. mediavia, G. miotransversus, G. olearii, G. shumardi, G. slatana parva, G. solimani, G. subcumingii, G. subtransversus, G. subtransversus, G. vetus, G. werneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1795	Glossus Poli
1973	Glossus Marasti p. 109
1977	Glossus Adegoke p. 277
1980	Glossus Vokes p. 160
1986	Glossus Squires and Advocate p. 860
1992	Glossus Lamprell and Whitehead p. 122
1992	Glossus Ward p. 97
1999	Glossus Wienrich p. 251
2002	Glossus Sepkoski
2021	Glossus Mendir et al. p. 18

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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)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Glossoidea	(Gray 1847)
family	Glossidae	Gray 1847
genus	Glossus	Poli 1795

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. Glossus Poli 1795

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Subg. †Glossus (Aralocardia)

Subg. †Glossus (Cytherocardia)

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†Glossus (Cytherocardia) nigeriana Adegoke 1977

Subg. Glossus (Glossus) Poli 1795

Subg. †Glossus (Meiocardia)

Subg. †Glossus (Miocardiella)

Subg. †Glossus (Miocardiopsis)

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†Miocardiopsis korobkovi Meszaros 1957

Subg. †Glossus (Sulcocardia)

†Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862

†Glossus filosus Conrad 1854

†Glossus fraterna Say 1824

†Glossus markoei Conrad 1842

†Glossus marylandica Schoonover 1941

†Glossus mazlea Glenn 1904

†Glossus moreauensis Meerk and Hayden 1861

†Glossus santamaria Ward 1992

†Glossus slatana Stephenson 1952

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
height	1	15.6

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-18 18:16:53

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:39:10

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Calabrian or 106.30000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (219 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (New Mexico)	Isocardia slatana (37561)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Egypt	G. aquilinus (114866 140606 140609)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (150677 150737)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Arab Emirates	G. aegyptiaca (3790 3791)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	G. slatana (4651 6593 6646) G. slatana parva (6603 6604 6614) Isocardia slatana (4648)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Algeria	G. aquilinus (220823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (114873)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Algeria	G. aquilinus (220825)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (114810 140242 140578)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt (Sinai)	G. solimani (3757)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (140539)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	G. aquilinus (150611)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Nigeria	Anisocardia auquilina (83019)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Anisocardia auquilina (3812)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Delaware)	G. sp. (6121)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	Clisocolus moreauensis (82638 82641)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Egypt	G. chargehensis (199918)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	G. bulbosa (7481 7504 7579) G. hendersoni (7472) G. hendersoni, G. shumardi (7482 7552) G. shumardi (7568)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Georgia)	G. sp. (4269 4280)