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Glycymerita sagittata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Axinaea (Limopsis) sagittata Gabb p. 197 figs. pl. 31, fig. 267a
1869Axinaea (Limopsis) sagittata Gabb p. 196
1914Glycimeris sagittata Dickerson p. 88
1922Glycymeris sagittata Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer p. 10
1925Glycymeris sagittata Anderson and Hanna p. 181
1927Glycymeris sagittata Hanna p. 274
1930Glycymeris sagittata Stewart pp. 71, 72 figs. Plate 12, fig. 10
1938Glycymeris sagittata Clark p. 693
1938Glycimeris sagittatus Turner p. 43
1939Glycymeris sagittata Vokes p. 45
1942Glycymeris sagittata Weaver p. 54
1983Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Moore p. A54 figs. Plate 12, figure 17
1984Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Squires p. 42 figs. Figure 10d
1987Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Squires p. 56 fig. 91
1988Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Squires p. 17 fig. 46
1992Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Squires and Demetrion p. 36
2020Glycymerita sagittata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyGlycymeridinaeNewton 1922
genusGlycymeritaFinlay and Marwick 1937
speciessagittata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:50:20
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:29:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Glycemeris sagittata (111552)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Glycimeris sagittata (200795 200797 200800 200804 200919)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Glycimeris sagittata (200901 200918)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Glycimeris sagittata (207112 207113 207115 207123 207126)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Glycimeris sagittata (200874 200879 200880 201034 201036 201040)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Glycimeris sagittata (200859 200868 201047)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Glycimeris sagittata (207129 238096)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Glycimeris sagittata (239317)