Glossus markoei Conrad 1842 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Alternative combination: Isocardia markoei

Belongs to Glossus according to L. W. Ward 1992

See also Glenn 1904

Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Cytherocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus filosus, Glossus fraterna, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus santamaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zone 10 (Miocene of Maryland)

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