Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Wavy Bittersweet
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,660 meters (0 to -12,008 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Limopsoidea
()
- Family:
Glycymerididae
()
- Newton, 1922
- Genus:
Glycymeris
()
- da Costa, 1778
- Specific name:
undata
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Glycymeris undata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
undata
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Glycymeris
(
- Family:
Glycymerididae
(
- Superfamily:
Limopsoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Glycymeris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. americana (Giant American Bittersweet) · G. corteziana (Cortez Bittersweet) · G. decussata (Decussate Bittersweet) · G. glycymeris (European Bittersweet) · G. keenae (Commarginal Bittersweet) · G. pectinata (Comb Bittersweet) · G. septentrionalis (Anorthern Bittersweet) · G. spectralis (Spectral Bittersweet) · G. subobsoleta (California Bittersweet) · G. subtilis (Bermuda Bittersweet) · G. undata (Wavy Bittersweet)
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Further Reading
- An up-to-date systematic list of 3200 seashells from Greenland to Texas: translation, explanation, and gender of their names. [Brooklyn?]1954. url .
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 45 1964 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 87.
- Geomorphology and sediments of the Inner Continental Shelf, Cape Canaveral, Florida / by Michael E. Field and David B. Duane. Fort Belvoir, Va.: Coastal Engineering Research Center, 1974. url p. 31, p. 32.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , p. 4.
- The archaeological use and distribution of Mollusca in the Maya lowlands New Orleans, 1969. url p. 23, p. 41, p. 58.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, The SERTC Invertebrate Database: Invertebrates of the southeastern United States
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692109
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79434
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13781476
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 705200
Footnotes
- Mean = -447.870 meters (-1,469.390 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,203.960 based on 24 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
