Source Data | |
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris : Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) | subgenus | belongs to Glycymeris | stated without evidence | Fleming, 1966 | Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) | genus | belongs to Arcoida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene |
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Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Glycymeris) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Glycymeris) |
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Ontogeny | accretion (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite,thick,major ribbing (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. A. Fleming. 1966. Marwick's Illustrations of New Zealand shells, with a checklist of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 173 |
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