WoRMS taxon details
Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
420728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420728)
accepted
Species
Arca angulata Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted
Arca angulosa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Glycymeris pennacea (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectunculus angulatus Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted
Tuceta sinuata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
marine
(of Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420728 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arca angulata Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Arca angulosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pectunculus angulatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Pectunculus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2, Feruary 1843; pl. 3-4, March 1843; pl. 5-6, April 1843; pl. 7, June 1843; pl. 8, August 1843; pl. 9, December 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119359 [details]
original description (of Tuceta sinuata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Arca angulosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pectunculus angulatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Pectunculus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2, Feruary 1843; pl. 3-4, March 1843; pl. 5-6, April 1843; pl. 7, June 1843; pl. 8, August 1843; pl. 9, December 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119359 [details]
original description (of Tuceta sinuata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 182-183, pl. 18, fig. 14 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 182-183, pl. 18, fig. 14 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758) Aruba, Malmok, among coral and sponges, by SCU...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758) Aruba, Malmok, among coral and sponges, by SCU...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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