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

Glycymeris pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

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 pilosus*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. costatiusculus*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. neapolitana*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. protumida*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. subtransversa*	De Gregorio, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. subtruncata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosus var. tumida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891	synonym
*Pectunculus rubens*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus tomentosus*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hairy bittersweet; hairy dog cockle 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.

German: Echte Samtmuschel; Violette Pastetenmuschel

Literature

basis of record	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	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	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 pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:156105