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Glycymeris glycymeris

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Arca glycymeris Linnaeus
1778Glycymeris glycymeris da Costa
1850Pectunculus glycymeris Wood p. 66
1869Pectunculus glycymeris Jeffreys
1965Glycymeris (Glycymeris) glycymeris Jung p. 437
2004Glycymeris glycymeris Spencer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusGlycymerisDa Costa 1778
speciesglycymeris(Linnaeus 1758)

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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