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Glycymerita veatchii
Taxonomy
Axinaea veatchii was named by Gabb (1864). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in California.
It was recombined as Pectunculus veatchi by Stanton (1896); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchi by Waring (1917); it was recombined as Glycymeris veatchii by Stewart (1930) and Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Glycymerita veatchii by Squires (2010) and Haggart and Graham (2018).
It was recombined as Pectunculus veatchi by Stanton (1896); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchi by Waring (1917); it was recombined as Glycymeris veatchii by Stewart (1930) and Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Glycymerita veatchii by Squires (2010) and Haggart and Graham (2018).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1864 | Axinaea veatchii Gabb p. 197 figs. pl. 25, figs. 183-183a. |
1896 | Pectunculus veatchi Stanton pp. 1039 - 1040 figs. Pl. LXIV, fig. 1. |
1917 | Glycimeris veatchi Waring p. 61 figs. Pl. 8, Figs. 2, 7 and 8 |
1927 | Glycymeris suciensis McLellan p. 131 figs. Pl. 17, Figs. 4 - 6 |
1930 | Glycymeris veatchii Stewart p. 70 figs. Plate 1, fig, 7, and Text-fig. 1 |
1931 | Glycymeris veatchii Hoots p. 91 |
1966 | Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos Dailey and Popenoe |
1966 | Glycymeris apletos Dailey and Popenoe p. 8 figs. Pl. 1, Figs. 1, 5 - 6 |
1993 | Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos Elder and Saul figs. table 1, Pl. 1, fig. 4 |
2010 | Glycymerita veatchii Squires p. 902 figs. Figure 3.1, 3.2; Figures 6–9, Table 1 |
2018 | Glycymerita veatchii Haggart and Graham p. 283 |
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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.
†Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Glycymeris apletos Dailey and Popenoe 1966 [synonym], Glycymeris suciensis McLellan 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. L. Squires 2010 | Shell size small to large. Subquadrate (most specimens) to quadrate. Shell height slightly greater than shell length and with well-inflated valves. Ribs raised, narrow to very wide, and narrowly to moderately widely spaced. |