Glyptoactis

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Glyptoactis
Temporal range: 66.043–2.58  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Glyptoactis
Stewart, 1930 [1]
Subgenera and species

See text.

Glyptoactis is a mostly extinct genus of bivalves in the family Carditidae. They have been recovered from the Castle Hayne Limestone geologic formation in North Carolina and in France. [2]

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Subgenera and species

Subgenera:

Species according to the World Register of Marine Species as of April 2019:

Other species according to Fossilworks: [4]

Notes:

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References

  1. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. RB Stewart, 1930
  2. Un coquillage de bivalve du Maastrichtien-Paléocène Glyptoactis (Baluchicardia) sp. dans la couche inférieure du gisement moustérien de «Chez-Pourré-Chezchez-Comte» (Corrèze). V Lhomme and S Freneix, Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 1993
  3. Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City Beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas. HB Stenzel, EK Krause and JT Twining, 1957
  4. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis alticostata". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.