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Glycymeris geinitzii

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy

Pectunculus geinitzii was named by Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Glycymeris geinitzii by Poel (1956).

Synonyms

Pectunculus sublaevis was named by Sowerby (1837).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris geinitzii by Malchus et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Pectunculus sublaevis Sowerby
1850	Pectunculus geinitzii Orbigny
1956	Glycymeris geinitzii Poel

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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	geinitzii	(Orbigny 1850)

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 geinitzii Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Pectunculus sublaevis Sowerby 1837 [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 Albian to the top of the Santonian or 113.00000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Hungary	Pectunculus sublaevis (74890)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Belgium (Namur)	Glycymeris geinitzii (51518)