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Glycymerididae

Synonyms: Glycimerididae; Glycymeridae; Pectunculidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Glycymerididae, previously known as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the superfamily Arcoida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 species in four genera.
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Genus

Axinactis (2)
Costaglycymeris (5)
Glycymeris (Giant American bittersweet) (186)
Glycymerita (29)
Melaxinaea (1)
Nucunella (2)
Postligata (1)
Trapezicardium (1)
Tucetona (79)
Tucetonella (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0