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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	99044	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=99044

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris : Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Glycymerididae	Newton 1922
genus	Glycymeris	Da Costa 1778
subgenus	Glycymeris (Glycymeris)	da Costa 1778
species	Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis	del Rio 1992

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis	species	belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymeris)	stated with evidence	del Rio, 1992

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Glycymerididae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Glycymeris)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Glycymeris)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Glycymerididae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thick,major ribbing (based on Glycymerididae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. J. del Rio. 1992. Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Nuculidae-Pectinidae): Part 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 225:1-58

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1992	Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis del Rio p. 17 figs. pl. 1, fig. 7

References

del Rio C. J. (1992) Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Nuculidae-Pectinidae): Part 1, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 225, 1-58

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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