Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Parent taxon: Glycymeridinae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Africarca, Ewekoromeris, Glycymeris, Glycymeris barbarensis, Glycymerita, Melaxinaea, Postligata, Tucetilla, Tucetonella
Subtaxa: Costaglycymeris drymanos Costaglycymeris mixoni Costaglycymeris subovata Costaglycymeris virginiae Costaglycymeris waltonensis
Type: Pectunculus subovata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (25: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (48: Florida, Virginia)
Total: 74 collections including 75 occurrences
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