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Glyptarca symmetrica

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glyptarcidae

Taxonomy
Glyptarca symmetrica was named by Wang et al. (2025). Its type specimen is NIGP203572, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is 22YDX-1 to 22YDX-25, Heshanding Hill, Xiangyang village, Hsiangyang type section, which is in a Darriwilian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Hsiangyang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Glyptarca symmetrica Wang et al. p. 4 figs. 3A-H

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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
speciessymmetrica

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.

Glyptarca symmetrica Wang et al. 2025
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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: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Yunnan) Glyptarca symmetrica (type locality: 241060)