WoRMS taxon details
Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847)
Axinaeinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · unaccepted
Glycymeridae [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Melaxinaeinae T. Habe, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectunculidae Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
- Genus Axinactis Mörch, 1861
- Genus Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
- Genus Glycymerita H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
- Genus Melaxinaea Iredale, 1930
- Genus Nucunella A. d'Orbigny, 1849 †
- Genus Tucetona Iredale, 1939
- Genus Axinaea Poli, 1791 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Axinaeinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 accepted as Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847)
- Genus Axinaeoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
- Genus Axinea [sic] accepted as Axinaea Poli, 1791 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Bellaxinaea Nicol & D. S. Jones, 1984 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Glycimeris [sic] accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
- Genus Glycymerella Woodring, 1925 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
- Genus Grandaxinaea Iredale, 1931 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (synonym and no description)
- Genus Grandaxinaea A. W. B. Powell, 1976 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Melaxinaeinae T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pectunculus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Pectunculus Da Costa, 1778)
- Genus Petunculus [sic] accepted as Pectunculus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pseudaxinea Monterosato, 1892 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
- Genus Tuceta Röding, 1798 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
- Genus Tucetilla Iredale, 1939 accepted as Glycymeris (Tucetilla) Iredale, 1939 represented as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
- Genus Tucetonella T. Habe, 1961 accepted as Glycymeris (Tucetonella) T. Habe, 1961 represented as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Tucetopsis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Veletuceta Iredale, 1931 accepted as Glycymeris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh
Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 399; note: as Glycymerinae. [details]
page(s): 399; note: as Glycymerinae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 399; note: as Glycymerinae. [details]
original description (of Pectunculidae Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Melaxinaeinae T. Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Systematics of Mollusca in Japan (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda). Hokuryukan, Tokyo, xiii + 372 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Axinaeinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 541 [details]
page(s): 399; note: as Glycymerinae. [details]
original description (of Pectunculidae Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Melaxinaeinae T. Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Systematics of Mollusca in Japan (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda). Hokuryukan, Tokyo, xiii + 372 pp.
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Axinaeinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 541 [details]
Taxonomy
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. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Nicol D. 1945. Genera and subgenera of the pelecypod family Glycymeridae <i>Journal of Paleontology</i> 19: 616-621 [details]
additional source Thomas, R. D. K. (1975). Functional morphology, ecology, and evolutionary conservatism in the Glycymerididae (Bivalvia). <em>Palaeontology.</em> 18(2): 217–254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49759720 [details]
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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Nicol D. 1945. Genera and subgenera of the pelecypod family Glycymeridae <i>Journal of Paleontology</i> 19: 616-621 [details]
additional source Thomas, R. D. K. (1975). Functional morphology, ecology, and evolutionary conservatism in the Glycymerididae (Bivalvia). <em>Palaeontology.</em> 18(2): 217–254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49759720 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
