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Glycymeris
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Limopsacea
Family:
Glycymerididae
Subfamily:
Glycymeridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glycymeris DA COSTA, 1778 [non Glycimeris LAMARCK, 1799 (=Panopea MENARD, 1807)]
Type Species:
Glycymeris glycymeris (LINNÉ)
Images
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Fig. C12,1. *G. (G.) glycymeris (LINNÉ), Rec., Medit., 1 a, b, RV ext., LV int., X1 (Newell, n)
Synonyms
Axinaea, Axinaeoderma, Tuceta, Pectunculus, Grandaxinaea, Veletueeta, Tucetona, Glyeymerula, Manaia, Tueetilla, Tueetopsis
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Subcircular to subquadrate, beaks orthogyre to opisthogyre, ligament amphidetic, surface smooth or costate, ventral margins internally fluted.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Limopsacea
Family:
Glycymerididae
Subfamily:
Glycymeridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glycymeris DA COSTA, 1778 [non Glycimeris LAMARCK, 1799 (=Panopea MENARD, 1807)]
Type Species:
Glycymeris glycymeris (LINNÉ)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C12,1. *G. (G.) glycymeris (LINNÉ), Rec., Medit., 1 a, b, RV ext., LV int., X1 (Newell, n)
Synonyms
Axinaea, Axinaeoderma, Tuceta, Pectunculus, Grandaxinaea, Veletueeta, Tucetona, Glyeymerula, Manaia, Tueetilla, Tueetopsis
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Subcircular to subquadrate, beaks orthogyre to opisthogyre, ligament amphidetic, surface smooth or costate, ventral margins internally fluted.