Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combinations: Glycymeris branneri, Pectunculus branneri

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Anderson 1911, Arnold 1908 and Loel and Corey 1932

Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi

Type specimen: USNM 165455, a shell

Distribution: found only at Pyramid Hill Sand Member grit zone (Oligocene of California)

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