Species under Glycymeris
n= 42
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Glycymeris aequilatera
(Gmelin, 1791)
Western Central Atlantic
Glycymeris albolineata
(Lischke, 1872)
Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris amamiensis
(Kuroda, 1930)
Western Pacific
Glycymeris amboinensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Gold flowing bittersweet Indo-West Pacific
Glycymeris americana
(DeFrance, 1829)
Giant bittersweet Western Atlantic
Glycymeris arabica
(Adams, 1871)
Mediterranean Sea
Glycymeris aspera
(Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Western Pacific
Glycymeris bimaculata
(Poli, 1795)
Mediterranean Sea
Glycymeris dampieriensis
Matsukuma, 1984
Eastern Indian Ocean
Glycymeris decussata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Decussate bittersweet Western Atlantic 5.5
Glycymeris gigantea
(Reeve, 1843)
Eastern Pacific
Glycymeris glycymeris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common European bittersweet Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean 6.5
Glycymeris hoylei
(Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Western Central Pacific
Glycymeris insubrica
(Brocchi, 1814)
Mediterranean Sea
Glycymeris keenae
Willett, 1944
Commarginal bittersweet Eastern Pacific
Glycymeris livida
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Indian Ocean
Glycymeris longior
(Sowerby I, 1833)
Western Atlantic 3.5
Glycymeris maculata
(Broderip, 1832)
Speckled bittersweet Eastern Pacific
Glycymeris modesta
(Angas, 1879)
Small dog cockle Southwest Pacific
Glycymeris nummaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Violet bittersweet Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean 7
Glycymeris oculata
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Atlantic 2.2
Glycymeris ovata
(Broderip, 1832)
Black bittersweet Southeast Pacific
Glycymeris pectinata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Comb bittersweet Western Atlantic
Glycymeris persimilis
(Iredale, 1939)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Glycymeris pilosa
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Pilose bittersweet The Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara
Glycymeris pilsbryi
(Yokoyama, 1920)
Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris reevei
(Mayer, 1868)
Reeve's bittersweet Indo-West Pacific 7.5
Glycymeris rotunda
(Dunker, 1882)
Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris scripta
Born, 1780
Scripta bitterwseet Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Glycymeris septentrionalis
(Middendorff, 1849)
Northern bittersweet Eastern Pacific 4.5
Glycymeris sericata
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Atlantic
Glycymeris spectralis
Nicol, 1952
Spectral bittersweet Western Atlantic 1.9
Glycymeris spurca
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Pacific
Glycymeris striatularis
(Lamarck, 1819)
Western Indian Ocean
Glycymeris subobsoleta
(Carpenter, 1864)
Northeast Pacific
Glycymeris subtilis
(Nicol, 1956)
Bermuda bittersweet Western Atlantic
Glycymeris tellinaeformis
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Atlantic 3.8
Glycymeris tenuicostata
(Reeve, 1843)
Western Pacific
Glycymeris undata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Wavy bittersweet Western Atlantic 3.2
Glycymeris vestita
(Dunker, 1877)
Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris vovan
Lamy, 1912
Vovan bittersweet Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Glycymeris yessoensis
(Sowerby, 1888)
Northwest Pacific
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