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Glycymerididae
Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extant species in four genera. Description In this family the shell is generally round in outline and is slightly longer than it is wide. The external ligament lacks transverse striations. The shell in some genera is smooth and in others it is ribbed. History of the name Authority of Glycymerididae has been incorrectly attributed to Newton (1916 or 1922) by a great number of authors. While Newton was the first to publish this name, Dall (1908) had previously established the subfamily Glycymerinae , which gives him priority for the family name under Article 36 of ICZN. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''glykymaris'' (perhaps from ''glykýs'' "sweet" and ''méros'' "part"), a word which is only recorded once in Greek literature. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glycymeridae
Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extant species in four genera. Description In this family the shell is generally round in outline and is slightly longer than it is wide. The external ligament lacks transverse striations. The shell in some genera is smooth and in others it is ribbed. History of the name Authority of Glycymerididae has been incorrectly attributed to Newton (1916 or 1922) by a great number of authors. While Newton was the first to publish this name, Dall (1908) had previously established the subfamily Glycymerinae , which gives him priority for the family name under Article 36 of ICZN. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''glykymaris'' (perhaps from ''glykýs'' "sweet" and ''méros'' "part"), a word which is only recorded once in Greek literature. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glycymerididae
Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extant species in four genera. Description In this family the shell is generally round in outline and is slightly longer than it is wide. The external ligament lacks transverse striations. The shell in some genera is smooth and in others it is ribbed. History of the name Authority of Glycymerididae has been incorrectly attributed to Newton (1916 or 1922) by a great number of authors. While Newton was the first to publish this name, Dall (1908) had previously established the subfamily Glycymerinae , which gives him priority for the family name under Article 36 of ICZN. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''glykymaris'' (perhaps from ''glykýs'' "sweet" and ''méros'' "part"), a word which is only recorded once in Greek literature. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucetona
''Tucetona'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family (biology), family Glycymerididae, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, ''Tucetona'' species have a ribbed shell. Species Species within the genus ''Tucetona'' include: * ''Tucetona amboinensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Tucetona angusticosta'' Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 * ''Tucetona arcodentiens'' (Dall, 1895) * ''Tucetona audouini'' (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1916) * ''Tucetona aureomaculata'' (Angas, 1879) * ''Tucetona auriflua'' (Reeve, 1843) * ''Tucetona bicolor'' (Reeve, 1843) * ''Tucetona broadfooti'' (Iredale, 1929) * ''Tucetona isabellae'' Valentich-Scott & Garfinkle, 2011 * ''Tucetona kauaia'' (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) * ''Tucetona kilburni'' Matsukuma, 1984 * ''Tucetona laticostata'' (Jean René Constant Quoy, Quoy & Joseph Paul Gaimard, Gaimard, 1835) * ''Tucetona mindoroensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1916) * ''Tucetona molokaia'' (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axinactis Inaequalis
''Axinactis inaequalis'' is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extan .... Description Shells of ''Axinactis inaequalis'' can reach a length of about , a height of about and a diameter of about . Color may be white or pale brown, usually with transverse zigzag brown bands. These shells are inequilateral, with large ribs.Axel A. Olsso Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific/ref> Distribution This species can be found from the Gulf of California to Northern Peru, Panama, and Ecuador. References * Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Glycymerididae Bivalves described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axinactis
''Axinactis'' is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. Species * '' Axinactis delessertii'' ( Reeve, 1843) * ''Axinactis inaequalis ''Axinactis inaequalis'' is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, mar ...'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) References Glycymerididae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axinactis Delessertii
''Axinactis'' is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. Species * '' Axinactis delessertii'' ( Reeve, 1843) * ''Axinactis inaequalis ''Axinactis inaequalis'' is a species of bivalve class, and mollusc phylum in the family Glycymerididae Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, mar ...'' ( G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) References Glycymerididae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucetona Laticostata
''Tucetona laticostata'', or the large dog cockle, is a salt water clam or marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. Despite the common name, it is not closely related to the common cockle. The word dog cockle implies that it roughly resembles a real cockle, but is not considered very good to eat, in other words, "only fit for dogs". Māori names include kuakua and kuhakuha. Description The almost circular shell is thick and heavy with a dentate ventral margin, the valve exterior with strong flat radial ribs crossed with fine lines that fade toward the beak. Rare specimens exceed 120 millimetres in diameter, most are from 60 to 80 mm. Externally off-white to yellow or dirty pink, the brown periostracum is usually worn off the top half of the shell. Internally the valves are lustrous white, often with brown or purple markings. Distribution and habitat The large dog cockle is endemic to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glycymeris
''Glycymeris'', common name the bittersweet clams, is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138035 on 2022-04-19 Etymology The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''glykymaris'' (perhaps from ''Glykys'' (sweet) and ''Meris'' (part)), a word which is only recorded once in Greek literature. Fossil records These clams are very common as fossils, from the Cretaceous period in the Valanginian age (between 140.2 ± 3.0 mya and 136.4 ± 2.0 mya). Fossil shells of these molluscs can be found all over the world. Genus ''Glycymeris'' includes about 100 extinct species. Description The shells are generally biconvex, with equal valves round in outline, and slightly longer than wide. Their size varies from medium to large. The external ligament lacks transv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcida
The Arcida is an extant order of bivalve molluscs. This order dates back to the lower Ordovician period. They are distinguished from related groups, such as the mussels, by having a straight hinge to the shells, and the adductor muscles being of equal size. The duplivincular ligament, taxodont dentition, and a shell microstructure consisting of the outer crossed lamellar and inner complex crossed lamellar layers are defining characters of this order. Seven families are currently recognised within the order, including the well-known ark clams or ark shells in the family Arcidae. Taxonomy The order Arcida, as the suborder Arcacea, is included in the order Taxodonta by R.C. Moore, 1952,R.C, Moore, Pelecypods, Ch 10, Inverrtebrate Fossils, Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. McGraw-Hill, 1952. characterised by simple hinge-line dentition consisting of small, numerous, similar hinge teeth, separate mantle lobes, poorly developed siphons, and filibranch gills. In 2010, Bieler, Carter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ark Clam
Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide. The shells of ark clams are often white or cream, but in some species, the shell is striped with, tinted with, or completely colored, a rich brown. In life the shell of most species has a top shell layer that is thick brown periostracum affixed to the harder calcareous part of the shell. In some species such as '' Barbatia'', this outer horny covering is tufted at the end of the shell into something that resembles a beard, hence the name ''Barbatia'' or bearded one. The group is known as "ark shells" because species such as '' Arca'' have a large flat area between the umbones which, in an undamaged shell, somewhat resembles a deck, with the rest of the shell perhaps illustrating an ancient wooden boat such as Noah's ark is thought to have been. All ark shells have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (5 June 1717 – 31 May 1791) was an England, English Botany, botanist, natural history, naturalist, Philosophy, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati. Da Costa became infamous for embezzling funds while working at the Royal Society in London and was imprisoned. Biography Da Costa came from a Sephardi family that had moved to England in the 1600s from Portugal. His parents were Abraham and Esther (with the Christian names of John and Joanna). Abraham is thought to have been in the diamond business. A brother became a wealthy businessman but Emanuel worked in the office of a notary and qualified from the Scriveners' Company in 1762 but had taken an interest in natural history from around 1736. He began to trade in shells, corals and fossils and corresponded with Carl Linnaeus, Sir Hans Sloane and other naturalists of the period. Da Costa was elected one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
