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Glycymeris glycymeris
Taxonomy
Arca glycymeris was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Northern Atlantic; Europe.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Pectunculus glycymeris by Wood (1850) and Jeffreys (1869); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) glycymeris by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Glycymeris glycymeris by da Costa (1778) and Spencer et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Pectunculus glycymeris by Wood (1850) and Jeffreys (1869); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) glycymeris by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Glycymeris glycymeris by da Costa (1778) and Spencer et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. altoumbonata, G. arcata, G. bimaculata, G. camaronesia, G. chordata, G. cuevensis, G. duplinensis, G. duplinicus, G. feruglioi, G. foujasi, G. gorokuensis, G. grewinki, G. griesbachi, G. hanzawai, G. hillsboroughensis, G. huttoni, G. lacertosa, G. minoensis, G. queketti, G. robusta, G. rotundata, G. secticostata, G. subcrenata, G. subpectiniformis, G. suwanneensis, G. tenuistriata, G. tuckerae, G. tumulus, G. vestita, G. camaronesia, G. chitanii, G. fijiensis, G. slodkewitschi, G. subglobosa, G. lorensis, G. lornensis, G. nodosa, G. trelissickensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Arca glycymeris Linnaeus |
| 1778 | Glycymeris glycymeris da Costa |
| 1850 | Pectunculus glycymeris Wood p. 66 |
| 1869 | Pectunculus glycymeris Jeffreys |
| 1965 | Glycymeris (Glycymeris) glycymeris Jung p. 437 |
| 2004 | Glycymeris glycymeris Spencer et al. |
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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.
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian - Messinian | Morocco | Glycymeris glycymeris (173166) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Iceland | Glycymeris glycymeris (34951) | |
| Zanclean | Spain | Glycymeris glycymeris (71910) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | Glycymeris glycymeris (71908 71911 71913) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pectunculus glycymeris (84764) | |
| Piacenzian | United Kingdom (England) | Glycymeris glycymeris (55829) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | Glycymeris glycymeris (178117) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Glycymeris glycymeris (78312) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain | Glycymeris glycymeris (128383) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Livorno) | Glycymeris glycymeris (173663) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pectunculus glycymeris (84833 84834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Glycymeris glycymeris (178118) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Glycymeris glycymeris (128324) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Glycymeris glycymeris (176761) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Glycymeris glycymeris (166074) |