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

Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

*Arca insubrica*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Cardium gaditanum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Glycymeris violacescens*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Pectunculus cor*	Lamarck, 1805	synonym
*Pectunculus nudicardo*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus obliquatus*	de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854	synonym
*Pectunculus pilosellus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pectunculus purpurascens*	Mac Andrew, 1854	synonym
*Pectunculus reticulatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pectunculus transversus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens f. tumida*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens f. typica*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. lactea*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. pallida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. radiata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pectunculus violacescens var. solida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Pectunculus zonalis*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

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

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris nummaria (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:504509

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status NT 2009 This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2023-05-03 by Maxim Vinarski

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