WoRMS taxon details
Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 140025
AphiaID: 140025
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Glycymerididae (Family) > Glycymeris (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Arca glycymeris Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Arca minima Turton, 1819 Glycymeris orbicularis da Costa, 1778 Pectunculus dautzenbergii Gregorio, 1892 Pectunculus marmoratus Lamarck, 1819 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 695 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] additional source: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 59), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Gabès [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mahdia [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Salakta [details] Tunis Gulf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: Type of larval development: not documented [inferred from prodissoconch morphology to be short planktonic, non-planktotrophic] [details] Diagnosis: Shell large, up to 65 mm long, solid, equivalve, circular in shape and inflated, equilateral. Umbos situated on the vertical midline, very slightly prosogyrous, separated from the hinge line by a narrow triangular area covered by the ligament, which is dark brown. Sculpture of very fine comarginal cords and radial striae, giving a reticulated appearance under high magnification. Hinge wide and arched, taxodont, with no teeth under the umbo and between 6 and 12 teeth on each side. Exterior brown or yellowish, with irregular streaks of dark brown. Interior white, with a variable extension of brown patches. Periostracum more or less hairy, dark brown. Glycymeris pilosa is a Mediterranean form with a stronger and densely hairy periostracum, considered by some authors as a distinct species, but could be an ecophenotype on more muddy bottoms. [details] Distribution: Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to southern Morocco, also Canary Islands and Madeira. Gorringe seamount, moderately common in 96-180 m (deeper than along mainland coasts). [details] Distribution: It is not known for sure if this species can be found at the Belgian coast. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Type locality: Guernsey, English Channel [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140025 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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