WoRMS taxon details
original description
Matsukuma A. (1981). Glycymeridid Bivalves from Japan and Adjacent Areas. IV. - A New Species of Glycymeris (s.s.) from Subtropical Waters in Japan. <em>Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 40(1): 6-21. page(s): 7, pl. 1, figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
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]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name honors Professor Tsugio Shuto of Kyushu University
who had been actively working on Quaternary and Tertiary geology and melluscan
paleontology of the Western Pacific region
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Type locality Japan, Ankyaba, Kakerorna Island, Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture [details]
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