WoRMS taxon details
Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847)
AphiaID: 209
AphiaID: 209
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcoida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Arcoidea | ||||||||||
| Sources |
additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details] additional source: Nicol D. 1945. Genera and subgenera of the pelecypod family Glycymeridae Journal of Paleontology 19: 616-621 [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Axinactis Mörch, 1861 Genus Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Melaxinaea Iredale, 1930 Genus Tucetilla Iredale, 1939 Genus Tucetona Iredale, 1931 Genus Axinaea Poli, 1791 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Axinola Hertlein & Grant, 1972 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Bellaxinaea Nicol & Jones, 1984 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1931 Genus Glycymerella Woodring, 1925 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Grandaxinaea Iredale, 1931 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1931 Genus Pectunculus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Petunculus accepted as Pectunculus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Pseudaxinea Monterosato, 1892 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Tuceta Röding, 1798 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 Genus Tucetopsis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1931 Genus Veletuceta Iredale, 1931 accepted as Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Spelling: Spelled Glycymeridae in Hayward et al. (1999) [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Glycymerididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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