NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Glycymerididae
  Order - Arcoida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Glycymeris subobsoleta
      Species - Glycymeris corteziana
      Species - Glycymeris keenae
      Species - Glycymeris septentrionalis
      Species - Glycymeris pectinata
      Species - Glycymeris glycymeris
      Species - Glycymeris americana
      Species - Glycymeris decussata
      Species - Glycymeris subtilis
      Species - Glycymeris spectralis
      Species - Glycymeris undata