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Glycymeris

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy

Glycymeris was named by Da Costa (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala R]. It is extant. Its type is Pectunculus nuculatus.

It was assigned to Pectunculinae by Glenn (1904); to Arcidae by Grant and Gale (1931), Gardner (1945), DuBar (1958) and Faustman (1964); to Glycymeridae by Eames (1951), Rivera (1957), Kensley and Pether (1986) and Wienrich (1999); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Glycymeridinae by Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Ward (1992), del Rio (1992), Moerdijk and van Nieulande (2000), Coan et al. (2000) and Spencer et al. (2004); and to Glycymerididae by Stenzel et al. (1957), Fleming (1966), da Silva Forti (1969), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Marasti (1973), Tashiro and Kozai (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Tiwari (2001), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004), Beu (2006) and Mikkelsen (2006).

Species

Axinaea viamediae, Axinea conradi, Axinea idonea, G. (Axinactis), G. (Axinola), G. (Chevronia), G. (Glycymeris), G. (Glycymerita), G. (Glycymerula) modesta, G. (Grandaxinea), G. (Hanaia), G. (Pseudoveletuceta), G. (Tucetilla), G. (Veletuceta), G. americana, G. anteparilis, G. arctata, G. arquilloensis, G. baumanni, G. boguensis, G. branneri, G. brevirostris, G. cainozoica, G. canoa, G. caracoli, G. carbasina, G. castaneus, G. chehalisensis, G. cisshuensis, G. colchaguensis, G. conradi, G. cookei, G. cor, G. corteziana, G. crashleyi, G. crescentensis, G. decussata (syn. G. pennacea), G. delessertii, G. democraciana, G. depressa, G. dispar, G. dunkeri, G. eumita, G. filosa, G. fulleri, G. gabrielensis, G. geinitzii (syn. Pectunculus sublaevis), G. gembacanus, G. globosa, G. glycymeris, G. gordoni, G. grayana, G. gwadarensis, G. hedleyi, G. hummi, G. ibari, G. idensis, G. idonea, G. intercostata, G. jacquoti, G. kashewarowi, G. kelsoensis, G. linda, G. lisbonensis, G. longior, G. major, G. martini, G. microsulci, G. mississippiensis, G. naiadis, G. nigeriensis, G. ovata, G. parilis, G. pectunculus, G. peruvianus, G. pilosa, G. pulvinata, G. puruensis, G. quilonensis, G. rectidorsalis, G. reefensis, G. reevi, G. sagittata, G. shrimptoni, G. sindiensis, G. sloani, G. soriensis, G. spectralis, G. stamina, G. staminea, G. striatularis, G. suwannensis, G. swartsi, G. tenuisulcatus, G. terebratularis, G. thomsoni, G. trigonella, G. tumefactus, G. waipipiensis, G. woodsi, G. wrigleyi, Pectunculopsis moguntina, Pectunculus corbuloides, Pectunculus cuneus, Pectunculus idoneus, Pectunculus lima, Pectunculus nuculatus (type species), Pectunculus perplanus, Pectunculus subauriculatus, Pectunculus subtrigonalis, Pectunculus trigonella, Pseudaxinaea violascens, Veletuceta flammeus

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Synonyms

Manaia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Glycymeris (Manaia) by Fleming (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Glycymeris by Fleming (1966); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Glycymerula was named by Finlay and Marwick (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Glycymeris (Glycymerula) by Fleming (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Glycymeris by Fleming (1966); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Veletuceta was named by Iredale (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006).

It was assigned to Glycymeridinae by Vokes (1980); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Pectunculus was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006) and Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Axinaea was named by Poli (1791). It is extant.

It was reranked as Glycymeris (Axinea) by Maury (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Coan et al. (2000) and Beu (2006).

It was assigned to Glycymerididae by Gabb (1873); to Glycymeris by Maury (1912); and to Glycymeridinae by Vokes (1980).
Pectunculopsis was named by Ebert (1890).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006) and Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Glycymeridinae by Vokes (1980).
Axinaeoderma was named by Poli (1795). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006) and Hendy (2007).
Tuceta was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.

It was reranked as Glycymeris (Tuceta) by Olsson and Harbison (1953) and DuBar (1958); it was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006) and Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Glycymeris by Olsson and Harbison (1953) and DuBar (1958).
Pectunculigenus was named by Renier (1807).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006).
Pseudaxinaea was named by Monterosato (1892). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glycymeris by Beu (2006) and Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1778	Glycymeris Da Costa
1791	Axinaea Poli p. 32
1795	Axinaeoderma Poli p. 254
1798	Tuceta Röding p. 172
1799	Pectunculus Lamarck p. 87
1807	Pectunculigenus Renier
1873	Axinea Gabb p. 255
1890	Pectunculopsis Ebert p. 25
1892	Pseudaxinaea Monterosato p. 151
1904	Glycymeris Glenn p. 393
1912	Glycymeris (Axinea) Maury p. 49
1931	Glycymeris Grant and Gale p. 133
1931	Veletuceta Iredale
1937	Glycymerula Finlay and Marwick
1945	Glycymeris Gardner
1951	Glycymeris Eames p. 330
1953	Glycymeris (Tuceta) Olsson and Harbison p. 31
1957	Glycymeris Rivera p. 189
1957	Glycymeris Stenzel et al. p. 59
1958	Glycymeris DuBar p. 153
1958	Glycymeris (Tuceta) DuBar p. 153
1964	Glycymeris Faustman p. 114
1966	Glycymeris Fleming p. 18
1966	Glycymeris (Glycymerula) Fleming p. 19
1966	Glycymeris (Manaia) Fleming p. 19
1969	Glycymeris da Silva Forti p. 70
1972	Glycymeris Hertlein and Grant p. 158
1973	Glycymeris Marasti p. 100
1980	Axinaea Vokes p. 20
1980	Glycymeris Vokes p. 20
1980	Veletuceta Vokes p. 21
1980	Pectunculopsis Vokes p. 223
1982	Glycymeris Dockery p. 36
1982	Glycymeris Tashiro and Kozai p. 71
1986	Glycymeris Kensley and Pether p. 198
1987	Glycymeris Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1992	Glycymeris Ward p. 60
1992	Glycymeris del Rio pp. 16-17
1999	Glycymeris Wienrich p. 212
2000	Glycymeris Coan et al. p. 142
2000	Glycymeris Moerdijk and van Nieulande p. 4
2001	Glycymeris Tiwari p. 159
2002	Glycymeris Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Glycymerula Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Manaia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pectunculus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Veletuceta Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Glycymeris Spencer et al.
2004	Glycymeris Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2006	Glycymeris Beu p. 175
2006	Glycymeris Mikkelsen

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
—	Schizocoela
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Glycymerididae	Newton 1922
genus	Glycymeris	Da 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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available