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Glycymerita major
Taxonomy
Pectunculus veatchi major was named by Stanton (1896).
It was recombined as Glycymeris veatchii major by Arnold (1907) and Arnold (1907); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchii major by Dickerson (1914); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchi major by Waring (1917); it was recombined as Glycymeris major by Clark and Woodford (1927) and Clark (1929); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major by Moore (1983) and Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Glycymerita major by Squires (2010) and Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Glycymeris veatchii major by Arnold (1907) and Arnold (1907); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchii major by Dickerson (1914); it was recombined as Glycimeris veatchi major by Waring (1917); it was recombined as Glycymeris major by Clark and Woodford (1927) and Clark (1929); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major by Moore (1983) and Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Glycymerita major by Squires (2010) and Hendy (2020).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Pectunculus veatchi major Stanton p. 1041 figs. 64: 2,3 |
| 1907 | Glycymeris veatchii major Arnold pp. pl. 39, fig. 4 |
| 1914 | Glycimeris veatchii major Dickerson p. 151 |
| 1917 | Glycimeris maccrayi Waring p. 93 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 1-3, 8-9; Text-fig. 1C |
| 1917 | Glycimeris veatchi major Waring p. 93 |
| 1927 | Glycymeris major Clark and Woodford p. 86 |
| 1929 | Glycymeris major Clark figs. pl. 1, fig. 4 |
| 1944 | Glycymeris maccrayi Keen and Bentson p. 51 |
| 1983 | Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major Moore p. A54 figs. Plate 11,figures 9, 10 |
| 1983 | Glycymeris (Tucetona) maccrayi Moore p. A57 figs. Plate 12, figure 12 |
| 2000 | Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major Coan et al. p. 143 |
| 2010 | Glycymerita major Squires p. 909 figs. Figure 11, Table 1 |
| 2020 | Glycymerita major Hendy |
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†Glycymerita major Stanton 1896
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†Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
Invalid names: Glycymeris maccrayi Waring 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Squires 2010 | Shell size medium. Quadrate (most specimens) but can be subquadrate. Anterodorsal and posterodorsal slopes truncate. Valves moderately inflated. Angulation posterior of umbones weak. Ribs narrow with narrow interspaces. |