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

Glycymeris glycymeris (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 glycymeris*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Arca glycymeris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Arca minima*	Turton, 1819	synonym
*Arca pulchella*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Glycymeris orbicularis*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Glycymeris wagenwoorti*	Lacourt, 1977	synonym
*Pectunculus dautzenbergi*	de Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. bavayi*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. globosa*	Jeffreys, 1869	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. lineolata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. obscura*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. typica*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus glycymeris var. zigzag*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Pectunculus marmoratus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. tumida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus punctatus*	Calcara, 1840	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bajame deti sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: gewone marmerschelp; kamschelp; marmerschelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: dog cockle; dog-cockle sources: MarLIN;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Dog-cockle sources: Charles Hussey

French: amande marbrée sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Greek: Χοντραχιβάδα Ευρώπης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: castanhola sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: almendra de mar

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Nolf F. & Swinnen F. (2013) The Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Neptunea 12(3): 1-35.
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (30 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Glycymeris glycymeris (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:140025