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Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycimeris fresnoensis was named by Dickerson (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 33658, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Glycymeris fresnoensis by Weaver (1942); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis by Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Glycimeris fresnoensis Dickerson p. 483 figs. Plate 36, figure 7
1938Glycimeris fresnoensis Turner p. 44
1942Glycymeris fresnoensis Weaver p. 59
1983Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis Moore p. A55 figs. Plate 12, figures 2, 3

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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
genusGlycymerisIredale 1939
subgenusTucetona
speciesfresnoensis()

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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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: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:31:12
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:31:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Glycymeris fresnoensis (5544 5549)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Glycimeris fresnoensis (200799 200800 200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Glycimeris fresnoensis (type locality: 122294)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Glycimeris fresnoensis (200912)