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

Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Glycymerisda Costa, 1778accepted genus name
Axinaea Poli, 1791 synonym

Species group names

Arca minima W. Turton, 1819 synonym
Glycymeris orbicularis da Costa, 1778 synonym
Glycymeris wagenwoorti Lacourt, 1977 synonym
Pectunculus dautzenbergi De Gregorio, 1892 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. bavayi Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. globosa Jeffreys, 1869 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. lineolata Dautzenberg, 1893 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. obscura Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. typica Monterosato, 1892 synonym
Pectunculus glycymeris var. zigzag Dautzenberg, 1893 synonym
Pectunculus marmoratus Lamarck, 1819 synonym
Pectunculus punctatus Calcara, 1840 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: bajame deti sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Dutch: gewone marmerschelp; kamschelp; marmerschelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: combshell; dog cockle; dog-cockle; orbicular ark sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;MarLIN;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: amande de mer; amande marbrée sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.
 German: Archenkammmuschel; Englisches Pastetchen; Gemeine Samtmuschel; Mandelmuschel; Meermandel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 Greek: Χοντραχιβάδα Ευρώπης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Portuguese: castanhola sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.
 Spanish, Castillian: almendra de mar

Literature

additional source

Nolf, F.; Swinnen, F. (2013). The Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Neptunea. 12 (3): 1-35.

additional source

Purroy, A.; Šegvić-Bubić, T.; Holmes, A.; Bušelić, I.; Thébault, J.; Featherstone, A.; Peharda, M. (2016). Combined use of morphological and molecular tools to resolve species mis-Identifications in the Bivalvia. The case of Glycymeris glycymeris and G. pilosa. PLoS One. 11(9): e0162059.

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.

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External Links

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140025

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status EN 2006This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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