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Glycymeris

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Species
Axinaea barbarensis, Axinaea viamediae, Axinaea wyomingensis, Axinea conradi, Axinea idonea, G. (Axinactis), G. (Axinola), G. (Chevronia), G. (Ewekoromeris), G. (Glycymeris), G. (Glycymerula) modesta, G. (Grandaxinea), G. (Hanaia), G. (Pseudoveletuceta), G. (Tucetilla), G. (Veletuceta), G. americana, G. andersoni, G. anteparilis, G. arctata, G. arquilloensis, G. baumanni, G. boguensis, 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. grewingki (syn. G. larvula), G. gwadarensis, G. hedleyi, G. hummi, G. ibari, G. idensis, G. idonea, G. intercostata, G. jacquoti, G. kashewarowi, G. linda, G. lisbonensis, G. longior, G. maculata, G. martini, G. microsulci, G. mississippiensis, G. naiadis, G. nigeriensis, G. ovata, G. pacifica, G. parilis, G. pectunculus, G. pentzana, G. peruvianus, G. pilosa, G. pulvinata, G. puruensis, G. quilonensis, G. rectidorsalis, G. reevi, G. septentrionalis (syn. G. profunda, G. subobsoleta, G. coalingensis, G. (Axinola) profunda), G. shastensis, G. shrimptoni, G. sindiensis, G. sloani, G. soriensis, G. spectralis, G. stamina, G. staminea, G. striatularis, G. suwannensis, G. tenuisulcatus, G. terebratularis, G. thomsoni, G. trigonella, G. tumefactus, G. vancouverensis, G. viticola, G. waipipiensis, G. winlockensis, G. woodsi, G. wrigleyi, G. yoloensis, Pectunculopsis moguntina, Pectunculus alternans, Pectunculus carolinensis, Pectunculus charlestonensis, Pectunculus corbuloides, Pectunculus cuneus, Pectunculus idoneus, Pectunculus lima, Pectunculus nuculatus (type species), Pectunculus ovatus, Pectunculus perplanus, Pectunculus polymorphus, Pectunculus subauriculatus, Pectunculus subtogoensis, Pectunculus subtrigonalis, Pectunculus trigonella, Pseudaxinaea violascens, Veletuceta flammeus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Glycymeris Da Costa
1791Axinaea Poli p. 32
1795Axinaeoderma Poli p. 254
1798Tuceta Röding p. 172
1799Pectunculus Lamarck p. 87
1807Pectunculigenus Renier
1870Cardium (Pectunculus) Stoliczka
1873Axinea Gabb p. 255
1890Pectunculopsis Ebert p. 25
1892Pseudaxinaea Monterosato p. 151
1895Pectunculus Stanton p. 51
1904Glycymeris Glenn p. 393
1912Glycymeris (Axinea) Maury p. 49
1923Glycymeris Clark and Arnold p. 137
1928Glycimeris Nagao p. 28
1931Glycymeris Grant, IV and Gale p. 133
1931Veletuceta Iredale
1937Glycymerula Finlay and Marwick
1938Glycimeris Turner p. 43
1944Glycymeris Durham p. 137
1945Glycymeris Gardner
1951Glycymeris Eames p. 330
1953Glycymeris (Tuceta) Olsson and Harbison p. 31
1957Glycymeris Rivera p. 189
1957Glycymeris Stenzel et al. p. 59
1958Glycymeris DuBar p. 153
1958Glycymeris (Tuceta) DuBar p. 153
1964Glycymeris Faustman p. 114
1966Glycymeris Fleming p. 18
1966Glycymeris (Glycymerula) Fleming p. 19
1966Glycymeris (Manaia) Fleming p. 19
1969Glycymeris da Silva Forti p. 70
1972Glycymeris Hertlein and Grant p. 158
1973Glycymeris Marasti p. 100
1977Glycymeris Adegoke p. 224
1980Axinaea Vokes p. 20
1980Veletuceta Vokes p. 21
1980Glycimeris Vokes p. 186
1980Pectunculopsis Vokes p. 223
1982Glycymeris Dockery p. 36
1982Glycymeris Tashiro and Kozai p. 71
1983Glycymeris Moore p. A49
1984Glycymeris Squires p. 41
1986Glycymeris Kensley and Pether p. 198
1987Glycymeris Squires p. 55
1987Glycymeris Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1988Glycymeris Squires p. 17
1992Glycymeris Squires and Demetrion p. 36
1992Glycymeris Ward p. 60
1992Glycymeris del Rio pp. 16-17
1999Glycymeris Wienrich p. 212
2000Glycymeris Coan et al. p. 142
2000Glycymeris Moerdijk and van Nieulande p. 4
2001Glycymeris Tiwari p. 159
2002Glycymeris Sepkoski
2002Glycymerula Sepkoski
2002Manaia Sepkoski
2002Pectunculus Sepkoski
2002Veletuceta Sepkoski
2004Glycymeris Spencer et al.
2004Glycymeris Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2006Glycymeris Beu p. 175
2006Glycymeris Mikkelsen
2010Axinaea Bouchet et al.
2010Glycymeris Bouchet et al.
2010Glycymeris Squires p. 897
2023Glycymeris Hickman p. 15

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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)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusGlycymerisDa 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.

G. Glycymeris Da Costa 1778
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Subg. Glycymeris (Axinactis) Mörch 1861
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Subg. Axinactis (Axinactis) Mörch 1861
Subg. Axinactis (Glycymerella) Woodring 1925
Subg. Glycymeris (Axinola) Hertlein and Grant 1972
Subg. Glycymeris (Chevronia) Moerdijk and van Nieulande 2000
Subg. †Glycymeris (Ewekoromeris) Adegoke 1977
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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]
Subg. †Glycymeris (Hanaia) Hayami 1965
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Glycymeris (Hanaia) hokkaidoensis Yabe and Nagao 1928
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826
Glycymeris andersoni Dickerson 1917
Glycymeris anteparilis Kellum 1926
Glycymeris arctata Conrad 1848
Glycymeris arquilloensis Rivera 1957
Glycymeris baumanni Maury 1924
Glycymeris boguensis Richards and Harbison 1947
Glycymeris brevirostris Sowerby 1824
Glycymeris cainozoica Tenison Woods 1877
Glycymeris canoa Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Glycymeris caracoli Anderson 1928
Glycymeris carbasina Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Glycymeris castaneus Lamarck 1819
Glycymeris chehalisensis Weaver 1916
Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926
Glycymeris conradi Whitfield 1885
Glycymeris cookei Dall 1916
Glycymeris cor Lamarck 1805
Glycymeris crashleyi Maury 1924
Glycymeris crescentensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Glycymeris pennacea Lamarck 1819 [synonym]
Glycymeris delessertii Reeve 1843
Glycymeris democraciana Hodson et al. 1927
Glycymeris depressa Deshayes 1829
Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826
Glycymeris dunkeri Boettger 1883
Glycymeris eumita Maury 1924
Glycymeris filosa Conrad 1854
Glycymeris fulleri Kensley and Pether 1986
Glycymeris gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Glycymeris geinitzii Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Pectunculus sublaevis Sowerby 1837 [synonym]
Glycymeris gembacanus Martin 1883
Glycymeris globosa Sowerby in Dixon 1850
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758
Glycymeris gordoni Nowell-Usticke 1959
Glycymeris grewingki Dall 1909
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Invalid names: Glycymeris larvula Hanna 1924 [synonym]
Glycymeris gwadarensis Vredenburg 1928
Glycymeris hummi Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Glycymeris ibari Philippi 1887
Glycymeris idensis Kanno 1956
Glycymeris idonea Conrad 1865
Glycymeris jacquoti Tournouer 1873
Glycymeris kashewarowi Grewingk 1848
Glycymeris linda Maury 1924
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919
Glycymeris longior Sowerby 1832
Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832
Glycymeris martini Finlay 1927
Glycymeris microsulci Wade 1926
Glycymeris naiadis Maury 1924
Glycymeris nigeriensis Newton 1922
Glycymeris ovata Stanton 1895
Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902
Glycymeris parilis Conrad 1843
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758
Glycymeris pentzana Anderson 1958
Glycymeris peruvianus Olsson 1930
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767
Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805
Glycymeris puruensis Martin 1914
Glycymeris rectidorsalis Marwick 1931
Glycymeris reevi Meyer 1868
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Invalid names: Glycymeris (Axinola) profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris coalingensis Arnold 1909 [synonym], Glycymeris profunda Dall 1879 [synonym], Glycymeris subobsoleta Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Glycymeris shastensis Anderson 1958
Glycymeris shrimptoni Marwick 1923
Glycymeris sindiensis Vredenburg 1928
Glycymeris sloani Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Glycymeris soriensis Eames 1951
Glycymeris stamina Conrad 1833
Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937
Glycymeris tenuisulcatus Koenen 1893
Glycymeris terebratularis Lamarck 1805
Glycymeris thomsoni Marwick 1929
Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833
Glycymeris tumefactus Pilsbry and Brown 1917
Glycymeris vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Glycymeris viticola Anderson and Hanna 1825
Glycymeris waipipiensis Marwick 1923
Glycymeris winlockensis Effinger 1938
Glycymeris woodsi Clark and Durham 1946
Glycymeris woodsi carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
Glycymeris wrigleyi Curry 1958
Glycymeris yoloensis Squires 2010
Invalid names: Axinaea Poli 1791 [synonym], Axinaeoderma Poli 1795 [synonym], Glycymerula Finlay and Marwick 1937 [synonym], Manaia [synonym], Pectunculigenus Renier 1807 [synonym], Pectunculopsis Ebert 1890 [synonym], Pectunculus Lamarck 1799 [synonym], Pseudaxinaea Monterosato 1892 [synonym], Tuceta Röding 1798 [synonym], Veletuceta Iredale 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires 2010Subcircular to circular. Umbones small and obscure to lowly inflated. Shell surface commonly smoothish or with flattened to very slightly raised radial ribs indicated mostly by color change. Interspaces linear to very narrow. Radial striae cover shell. Cardinal area can be asymmetrical. Cardinal area commonly smooth. Hinge plate arched. Taxodont teeth commonly small. Periostracum well devel- oped.