Glycymeris
Temporal range:
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| Fossil shells of a Glycymeris species from the Upper Pliocene
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Bivalvia
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| Order:
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Arcida
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| Family:
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Glycymerididae
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| Genus:
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Glycymeris
da Costa, 1778
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| Type species
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Arca glycymeris Linnaeus, 1758
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| Synonyms
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- Axinaea Poli, 1791
- Axinaea (Pectunculus) Lamarck, 1799
- Axinaeoderma Poli, 1795
- Glycimeris auctt (misspelling of genus)
- Glycymerella Woodring, 1925
- Glycymeris (Axinola) Hertlein & Grant, 1972
- † Glycymeris (Chevronia) Moerdijk & van Nieulande, 2000 · alternate representation
- Glycymeris (Glycymeris) E. M. da Costa, 1778 · alternate representation
- Glycymeris (Glycymerula) Finlay & Marwick, 1937 · alternate representation
- Glycymeris (Tucetilla) Iredale, 1939 · alternate representation
- Glycymeris (Tucetonella) Habe, 1961 · alternate representation
- Pseudaxinea Monterosato, 1892
- Tuceta Röding, 1798
- Tucetilla Iredale, 1939
- Veletuceta Iredale, 1931
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Glycymeris, common name the bittersweet clams, is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae.