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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Genus: | Glyptoactis Stewart, 1930[1] |
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Subgenera and species edit
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[update]:
- †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]
References edit
- ^ Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. RB Stewart, 1930
- ^ 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
- ^ Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City Beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas. HB Stenzel, EK Krause and JT Twining, 1957
- ^ "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis alticostata". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links edit
- "Glyptoactis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Glyptoactis". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.
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