Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Arcoidea > Family Glycymerididae > Genus Glycymeris

Glycymeris bimaculata (Poli, 1795)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glycymeris*	da Costa, 1778	accepted genus name
*Axinaea*	Poli, 1791	synonym

Species group names

*Pectunculus bimaculatus*	(Poli, 1795)	synonym
*Pectunculus bimaculatus var. crassa*	A. Koch & Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pectunculus lineatus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Pectunculus siculus*	Reeve, 1843	synonym
*Pectunculus stellatus f. pervalidus*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus stellatus f. umbonatus*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus stellatus var. mediterranea*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus stellatus var. umbonata*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Χοντραχιβάδα

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.
additional source	Nolf, F.; Swinnen, F. (2013). The Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Neptunea. 12 (3): 1-35.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris bimaculata (Poli, 1795). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140024