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Glans

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Glans was named by Mühfeld (1811) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Venericardia (Glans) by Cossmann (1912); it was reranked as Cardita (Glans) by Marshall (1918), Woodring (1925), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961); it was reranked as Beguina (Glans) by Rossi Ronchieti (1952).

It was assigned to Venericardia by Cossmann (1912); to Beguina by Rossi Ronchieti (1952); to Cardita by Marshall (1918), Woodring (1925), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961); to Carditamerinae by Vokes (1980) and Freneix et al. (1988); to Carditidae by Marasti (1973), Moore (1992) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Glans Mühfeld
1912Venericardia (Glans) Cossmann p. 212
1918Cardita (Glans) Marshall
1925Cardita (Glans) Woodring p. 99
1928Cardita (Glans) Vredenburg p. 439
1952Beguina (Glans) Rossi Ronchieti p. 424
1961Cardita (Glans) Dey
1973Glans Marasti p. 107
1980Glans Vokes p. 118
1988Glans Freneix et al. p. 424
1992Glans Lamprell and Whitehead p. 56
1992Glans Moore p. 15
2002Glans Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusGlansMühfeld 1811

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.

G. Glans Mühfeld 1811
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Subg. Glans (Centrocardita) Sacco 1899
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Subg. Glans (Glans) Mühfeld 1811
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Glans (Glans) intermedia Brocchi 1814
Glans carpenteri Lamy 1922
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Invalid names: Cardita subquadrata Conrad 1848 [synonym], Glans minuscula Grant and Gale 1931 [synonym], Glans subquadrata Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Glans gracilicostata Tenison Woods 1877
Glans polynema Tate 1886
Glans rovereti Vredenburg 1928
Glans scabrosa Tate 1886
Glans tasmanica Tate 1886
Glans weaveri Dickerson 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available