List of Nominal Species of Glycymerididae
(bittersweet clams)
Nominal Species (n = 25) Present allocation (n = 23) Ref.
Cardium amboinensis Gmelin, 1791 Glycymeris amboinensis 80041
Pectunculus americana Defrance, 1826 Glycymeris americana 83435
Tucetona angusticosta Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 Tucetona angusticosta 8021
Glycymeris corteziana Dall, 1916 Glycymeris corteziana 19
Veletuceta cotinga Iredale, 1939 Glycymeris reevei 348
Glycymeris dampieriensis Matsukuma, 1984 Glycymeris dampieriensis 8021
Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758 Glycymeris decussata 83435
Tucetona extra Iredale, 1939 Tucetona pectunculus 348
Pectunculus gigantea Reeve, 1843 Glycymeris gigantea 3477
Pectunculi heroicus Melvill & Standen, 1907 Glycymeris livida 3185
Pectunculus heroicus Melvill & Standen, 1907 Glycymeris livida 3477
Glycymeris kauaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 Tucetona kauaia 93550
Glycymeris keenae Willett, 1944 Glycymeris keenae 19
Pectunculus longior Sowerby I, 1833 Glycymeris longior 83435
Pectunculus maculata Broderip, 1832 Glycymeris maculata 3477
Pectunculi maskatensis Melvill, 1897 Tucetona guesi 3185
Pectunculus maskatensis Melvill, 1897 Tucetona guesi 3477
Tucetona odhneri Iredale, 1939 Tucetona odhneri 8021
Pectunculus ovata Broderip, 1832 Glycymeris ovata 3477
Glycymeris scripta Born, 1780 Glycymeris scripta 437
Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952 Glycymeris spectralis 19
Pectunculus strigilatus Sowerby I, 1833 Tucetona strigilata 3477
Tucetona subtilis Nicol, 1956 Glycymeris subtilis 83435
Arca undata Linnaeus, 1758 Glycymeris undata 83435
Glycymeris vovan Lamy, 1912 Glycymeris vovan 437
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