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Glycymeris septentrionalis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Pectunculus septentrionalis was named by Middendorf (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Axinaea septentrionalis by Carpenter (1864); it was recombined as Glycimeris septentrionalis by Moody (1916); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) septentrionalis by Moore (1983); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Axinola) septentrionalis by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Glycymeris septentrionalis by Middendorff (1849), Arnold (1903), Arnold (1909), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Mikkelsen (2006), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Pectunculus septentrionalis Middendorf p. 67
1849Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorff
1864Axinaea septentrionalis Carpenter p. 644
1864Axinaea septentrionalis subobsoleta Carpenter p. 644
1879Axinea profunda Dall pp. 13-14
1903Glycymeris septentrionalis Arnold p. 101 figs. Plate XVIII, Fig. 10
1905Pectunculus septentrionalis Anderson p. 197 figs. Plate XVII, Figs. 86 and 87
1909Glycymeris coalingensis Arnold p. 80 figs. pl. 19, fig. 3
1909Glycymeris septentrionalis Arnold p. 82 figs. Plate XX, figures 3 and 3a
1916Glycimeris septentrionalis Moody p. 45
1917Glycimeris coalingensis Nomland p. 219
1931Glycymeris septentrionalis Grant, IV and Gale p. 134
1931Glycymeris septentrionalis subobsoleta Grant, IV and Gale p. 134
1943Glycymeris profunda Willet pp. 111-113 figs. pl. 11, figs. 3, 3a
1946Glycimeris septentrionalis subobsoleta Bruff p. 232
1959Glycymeris profunda Addicott and Emerson p. 18
1959Glycymeris subobsoleta Emerson and Chace
1972Glycymeris (Axinola) profunda Hertlein and Grant p. 160
1972Glycymeris septentrionalis Hertlein and Grant p. 160
1973Glycymeris profunda Kern p. 73
1983Glycymeris (Axinola) profunda Moore p. A58 figs. Plate 12, figures 21, 22
1983Glycymeris (Glycymeris) subobsoleta Moore pp. A52 - A53 figs. Plate 12, figures 15, 16
1983Glycymeris (Tucetona) septentrionalis Moore p. A57 figs. Plate 13, figures 1, 2
2000Glycymeris (Axinola) septentrionalis Coan et al. p. 143
2006Glycymeris septentrionalis Mikkelsen
2021Glycymeris septentrionalis Hendy

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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
genusGlycymerisDa Costa 1778
speciesseptentrionalis(Middendorf 1849)

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.

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Invalid names: Glycymeris (Axinola) profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris coalingensis Arnold 1909 [synonym], Glycymeris profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris subobsoleta Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Pectunculus septentrionalis (11601)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Glycymeris coalingensis (216865) Glycymeris septentrionalis (220197)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Glycymeris coalingensis (49977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Glycimeris coalingensis (220179 220181) Glycymeris profunda (97233) Glycymeris septentrionalis (206368)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Glycymeris coalingensis (216864) Glycymeris septentrionalis (83595 215294 215435 216912) Glycymeris septentrionalis, Glycymeris coalingensis (216433 216568)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Glycimeris septentrionalis (186031) Glycymeris profunda (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Glycymeris septentrionalis (214279 214287)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Glycymeris profunda (96593) Glycymeris profunda, Glycymeris subobsoleta (96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Glycymeris subobsoleta (37933 37936 37938 37940 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Glycymeris barbarensis (222998) Glycymeris profunda (203118 223303) Glycymeris profunda, Glycymeris subobsoleta (203114) Glycymeris septentrionalis (96884 138723) Glycymeris subobsoleta (203105 223329) Glycymeris subobsoleta, Glycymeris barbarensis (203113)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Axinaea intermedia (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Glycymeris profunda (52347 67645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Glycymeris septentrionalis (59063) Glycymeris septentrionalis, Glycymeris barbarensis (222659 222660 222661 222662) Glycymeris subobsoleta (96589 160361 219030)