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Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 420728

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 angulata Bruguière, 1789
Arca angulosa Gmelin, 1791
Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758
Pectunculus angulatus Lamarck, 1819
Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819
Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843
Tuceta sinuata Röding, 1798
Sources  basis of record: Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [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]

from synonym: 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 [details] [view taxon]

Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image 
Glycymeris decussata
Glycymeris decussata
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420728
Taxonomic
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2010-09-23 11:55:17Z  checked  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2013). Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420728 on 2013-05-20
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