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WoRMS taxon details

Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952

AphiaID

420729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420729)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Glycymeris da Costa, 1778

Original name

Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952

Environment

marine

Original description

Nicol, D. (1952). A new glycymerid from the Western Atlantic. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 42: 266-267., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697620
page(s): 266, figs 1-3 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Floridian

type locality contained in Floridian [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420729 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Nicol, D. (1952). A new glycymerid from the Western Atlantic. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 42: 266-267., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697620
page(s): 266, figs 1-3 [details]

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] Available for editors

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Other

additional source 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]