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Glycymeris (Glycymeris)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) was named by da Costa (1778). It is extant.

It was assigned to Glycymeris by da Costa (1778), Jung (1965), Fleming (1966), Marasti (1973), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires (1984), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Squires (1987), del Rio (1992), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica (syn. Pectunculus eocenica landesi), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata (syn. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis, Pectunculus philippii), Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) subtogoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) togoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris abberans, Glycymeris acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostata, Glycymeris acuticostatus, Glycymeris africana, Glycymeris aglikitschensis, Glycymeris aglikitschensis, Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris altiuscula, Glycymeris altoumbonata, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusensis, Glycymeris amakusesnsis, Glycymeris americana, Glycymeris americana, Glycymeris angusticostata, Glycymeris angusticostatus, Glycymeris approximans, Glycymeris arabica, Glycymeris arata, Glycymeris arcata, Glycymeris austroafricana, Glycymeris auticostata, Glycymeris aviculoides, Glycymeris baldii, Glycymeris baldii, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris bimaculatus, Glycymeris bineminis, Glycymeris bonneti, Glycymeris borgesi, Glycymeris brongniarti, Glycymeris camaronesia, Glycymeris camaronesia, Glycymeris camaronesia, Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris chordata, Glycymeris compressa, Glycymeris concentrica, Glycymeris congesta, Glycymeris convexa, Glycymeris convexus, Glycymeris cordata, Glycymeris corneti, Glycymeris crenatocinctus, Glycymeris cuevensis, Glycymeris deleta, Glycymeris densilineata, Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris dispar, Glycymeris duplinensis, Glycymeris duplinicus, Glycymeris duponti, Glycymeris epacra, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris feruglioi, Glycymeris fichteli, Glycymeris fijiensis, Glycymeris formosana, Glycymeris foujasi, Glycymeris gadsdenensis, Glycymeris gorokuensis, Glycymeris goshonouraensis, Glycymeris goshonouraensis, Glycymeris griesbachi, Glycymeris gunyoungensis, Glycymeris haipensis, Glycymeris haipensis, Glycymeris hamula, Glycymeris hanzawai, Glycymeris hillsboroughensis, Glycymeris himenourensis, Glycymeris huttoni, Glycymeris inflata, Glycymeris inflata, Glycymeris inflatus, Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris intermedius, Glycymeris irnichensis, Glycymeris jamaicanus, Glycymeris japonica, Glycymeris japonica, Glycymeris junghuhni, Glycymeris katsurazawensis, Glycymeris kelsonensis, Glycymeris lacertosa, Glycymeris laevigata, Glycymeris lamyi, Glycymeris latiradiata, Glycymeris latiradiata, Glycymeris lenticularis, Glycymeris levicula, Glycymeris lintea, Glycymeris livida, Glycymeris lorensis, Glycymeris lornensis, Glycymeris lornensis, Glycymeris lunulata, Glycymeris lunulata, Glycymeris major, Glycymeris marrotiana, Glycymeris marrotianus, Glycymeris marrotianus, Glycymeris marullensis, Glycymeris matsumotoi, Glycymeris minoensis, Glycymeris minor, Glycymeris mortoni, Glycymeris nakosoensis, Glycymeris niponica, Glycymeris nipponica, Glycymeris nipponica, Glycymeris nodosa, Glycymeris noricus, Glycymeris nummaria, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obovata, Glycymeris obsoletus, Glycymeris obtusata, Glycymeris pecten, Glycymeris perrini, Glycymeris petropolitana, Glycymeris pilosa, Glycymeris pilosa, Glycymeris pilosus, Glycymeris pilsbryi, Glycymeris pirabensis, Glycymeris planicostalis, Glycymeris plumsteadiensis, Glycymeris prepennacea, Glycymeris proxima, Glycymeris pseudaustralis, Glycymeris pseudocuevensis, Glycymeris pseudocuevensis, Glycymeris quasipulvinata, Glycymeris queketti, Glycymeris radiolyrata, Glycymeris radiolyrata, Glycymeris robusta, Glycymeris rotunda, Glycymeris rotundata kaufmanensis, Glycymeris rotundata, Glycymeris sachalinensis, Glycymeris saggitata, Glycymeris saggittata, Glycymeris sagittatus, Glycymeris saucatsensis, Glycymeris secticostata, Glycymeris secticostata, Glycymeris selwynensis, Glycymeris slodkewitschi, Glycymeris snatolensis, Glycymeris solida, Glycymeris sordida, Glycymeris strialularis, Glycymeris strigillata, Glycymeris subaustralis, Glycymeris subcrenata, Glycymeris subglobosa, Glycymeris subgyrata, Glycymeris subimbricata, Glycymeris sublaevis, Glycymeris sublaevis, Glycymeris subpectiniformis, Glycymeris subradians, Glycymeris subtrigonalis, Glycymeris suidafrikana, Glycymeris suwanneensis, Glycymeris taytorianus, Glycymeris tenuicostata, Glycymeris tenuicostata, Glycymeris tenuistriata, Glycymeris trelissickensis, Glycymeris trigonalis, Glycymeris tuckerae, Glycymeris tumefacta, Glycymeris tumulus, Glycymeris uandiensis, Glycymeris umbonata, Glycymeris umbonatus, Glycymeris undata, Glycymeris undata, Glycymeris utcholokensis, Glycymeris variabilis, Glycymeris veatchi, Glycymeris veatchii, Glycymeris vestita, Glycymeris vestita, Glycymeris violacescens, Glycymeris violascens, Glycymeris waltonense, Glycymeris wautubbeana, Glycymeris whiteleyensis, Glycymeris yamasakii, Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris yessoensis, Glyycmeris albolineata, Glyycmeris yessoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa
1965Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Jung p. 437
1966Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Fleming p. 18
1973Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Marasti p. 100
1977Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Adegoke p. 224
1983Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Moore p. A49
1984Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 41
1986Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1987Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Squires p. 55
1992Glycymeris (Glycymeris) del Rio p. 17
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51
2003Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Mandic and Steininger p. 276
2004Glycymeris (Glycymeris) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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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
subgenusGlycymerisda Costa 1778

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.

Subg. Glycymeris (Glycymeris) da Costa 1778
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†Glycymeris (Chevronia) obovata ringelei Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000
Invalid names: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) beeseliensis Heering 1942 [synonym], Pectunculus philippii Deshayes 1860 [synonym]
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai Frassinetti and Covacevich 1984
†Glycymeris obovata baldii Glibert and Van de Poel 1965
Invalid names: Pectunculus eocenica landesi Weaver 1912 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (204 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Glycymeris umbonatus (51597)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Glycymeris amakusensis (219958)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Glycymeris togoensis, Glycymeris guineensis, Glycymeris subtogoensis (7791)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (202260)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Pectunculus togoensis (167948) Pectunculus togoensis, Pectunculus subtogoensis (241238)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (111552)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Glycymeris eocenica (200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (122656 201250)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (200144 201256)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Glycimeris eocenica (241811 241815 241818) Glycymeris eocenica (241848) Pectunculus eocenica, Pectunculus eocenica, Pectunculus tejonensis (241873)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Glycimeris eocenica (207113 207115)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Glycymeris rosecanyonensis (16712 178733 200714 200716 200717 200718 200719 200722 200723 200724 200727 200737 200743 200744 200750 200751 200853 201698 205253 207154 207163)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Glycymeris eocenica (191188)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan Glycymeris sp. (70917)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Glycymeris obovata (9076 9098 9131 9132 9133 9134 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9175 9177 9179 9180 9181 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina Glycymeris pseudocuevensis (71402)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Pectunculus obovatus (187379)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) Glycymeris obovata (9270)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark Glycymeris obovata (111474 111475)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jutland) Glycymeris obovata (9176)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jylland) Glycymeris obovata (9170)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Pectunculus branneri (11601)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi (70565)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Glycimeris buwaldi (122273)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70448)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Glycymeris pseudocuevensis (71542 71543)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Glycymeris branneri (238180 238184 238189)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Glycymeris sp. (79035 79036)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris swartsi (96569)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris swartsi (43808)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (74913)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Glycymeris fichteli (65161 77402 77404 77407) Glycymeris fichteli, Glycymeris obovata (77403)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris jamaicensis (60144)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (50150) Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris snatolensis, Glycymeris slodkewitschi (50037) Glycymeris snatolensis (50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) Glycymeris sp. (61933)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Glycymeris angsanana (63040)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70446) Glycymeris chitanii, Glycymeris yessoensis (70568)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Glycymeris obovata (61898 61900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Iraq Glycymeris obovata (173233)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Glycymeris sp. (70597)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Glycymeris deshayesi (51688 51689 51690 51691)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Glycymeris deshayesi (60313) Glycymeris deshayesi, Glycymeris obtusata (60288 60289 60291 60292 60312)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Glycymeris fijiensis (68296) Glycymeris sp. B (68294)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Glycymeris deshayesi (51687)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Glycymeris deshayesi (86875)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Glycymeris lunulata (95167)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Belgium Glycymeris obovata (77856 77857 77858 77859 77861)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Glycymeris inflatus (78437)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Glycymeris slodkewitschi, Glycymeris snatolensis (49978)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Glycymeris obovata (77862 77863 77864 77865 77866 77867 77868 77869 77870 77871)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Glycymeris obovata (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina Glycymeris longioriformis (71572)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Glycymeris jamaicensis (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Glycymeris gabbi (239446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (58824 58869)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Glycymeris jamaicensis (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand Glycymeris sp. (45016)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Morocco Glycymeris sp. (173166)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Glycymeris bimaculata (69788 69789)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia (New Guinea) Glycymeris caputavisensis (42391)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Glycymeris bimaculata (72311)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Glycymeris jamaicensis (74967 74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glycymeris gigantea (43841)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Glycymeris yessoensis (70472)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Glycymeris gigantea (96546 96549 96550 96553 96554)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Glycymeris undata (60412 60414 60415 60416 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Glycymeris undata (41543 41545 41552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134655)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus, Glycymeris violascens (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Glycymeris insubrica (123585)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris inflata (71910)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Glycymeris obovata (126155)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134657 134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation Glycymeris chitanii (70471) Glycymeris yessoensis (70470)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Glycymeris insubrica (71908 71909) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris inflata (71911)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Glycymeris yessoensis (97076)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Glycymeris jamaicensis (58522 69090 69092 69093 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Aomori) Glycymeris nipponica (234748) Glycymeris yessoensis (234746) Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris niponica (234747)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama Glycymeris jamaicensis (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Glycymeris albolineata, Glycymeris nipponica (97079) Glycymeris yessoensis, Glycymeris nipponica (97077)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Glycymeris bimaculata (72415) Glycymeris bimaculata, Glycymeris inflatus (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Glycymeris jamaicensis (134659)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Glycymeris vestita (97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Glycymeris insubrica (76576 76578) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris sp. (76577) Glycymeris insubrica, Glycymeris sp., Glycymeris bimaculata (76579) Glycymeris sp. (76580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Glycymeris gigantea (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Glycymeris gigantea (147802)