Glyptoactis

Glyptoactis is a mostly extinct genus of bivalves in the family Carditidae. They have been recovered from the Castle Hayne Limestone geologic formation in North Carolina and in France.[2]

Glyptoactis
Temporal range: 66.043–2.58 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Glyptoactis
Stewart, 1930[1]
Subgenera and species

See text.

Subgenera and species

Subgenera:

  • †Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause, 1957[3]
  • †Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) Maxwell, 1969
  • Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) Stewart, 1930

Species according to the World Register of Marine Species as of April 2019:

  • †Glyptoactis acanthodes (Suter, 1917)
  • †Glyptoactis allophyla P. A. Maxwell, 1992
  • †Glyptoactis bartrumi (C. A. Fleming, 1950)
  • †Glyptoactis benhami (Thomson, 1908)
  • †Glyptoactis faceta (Suter, 1917)
  • †Glyptoactis hadra (Dall, 1903)
  • †Glyptoactis healyi (C. A. Fleming, 1950)
  • †Glyptoactis hebertiana (d'Orbigny, 1850)
  • †Glyptoactis nuntia (Marwick, 1928)
  • †Glyptoactis subintermedia (Suter, 1917)
  • Glyptoactis wendellwoodringi (Weisbord, 1964)

Other species according to Fossilworks:[4]

  • †Glyptoactis aversa (Pilsbry and Johnson, 1917)
  • †Glyptoactis carmenensis Clark and Durham, 1946
  • †Glyptoactis charanalensis (Olsson, 1931)
  • †Glyptoactis metaicha Woodring, 1982
  • †Glyptoactis mutabilis (dArchaic and Haime, 1954)
  • †Glyptoactis paraguanensis (Hodson, 1931)
  • †Glyptoactis serricosta (Heilprin, 1887)
  • †Glyptoactis stenygra Woodring, 1982

Notes:

  • In some classifications, †Claibornicardia alticostata, or †Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, is considered †Glyptoactis alticostata Conrad, 1833.[5]
  • In some classifications, †Claibornicardia domenginica is considered †Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica.[6]
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References
  1. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. RB Stewart, 1930
  2. Un coquillage de bivalve du Maastrichtien-Paléocène Glyptoactis (Baluchicardia) sp. dans la couche inférieure du gisement moustérien de «Chez-Pourré-Chezchez-Comte» (Corrèze). V Lhomme and S Freneix, Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 1993
  3. Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City Beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas. HB Stenzel, EK Krause and JT Twining, 1957
  4. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  5. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis alticostata". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  6. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-25.


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