Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcoida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Glycymerididae > Genus Glycymeris

Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glycymeris*	da Costa, 1778	accepted genus name
*Pectunculus*	Lamarck, 1799	later homonym
*Axinaea*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Axinaea (Pectunculus)*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Pectunculus*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym

Species group names

*Arca nummaria*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Pectunculus violacescens*	Lamarck, 1819	basionym
*Arca insubrica*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Arca nummaria*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cardium gaditanum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Glycymeris violacescens*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Pectunculus cor*	Lamarck, 1805	synonym
*Pectunculus nudicardo*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus obliquatus*	Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosellus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pectunculus purpurascens*	M' Andrew, 1854	synonym
*Pectunculus reticulatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pectunculus transversus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. lactea*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. pallida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. radiata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. solida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. tumida*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. typica*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus zonalis*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Nolf F. & Swinnen F. (2013) The Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Neptunea 12(3): 1-35.

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Citation

Huber, M. (2014). Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504509