A close examination of glycymeridid bivalves amongst fossil shell material washed ashore and dredged in the province of Zeeland (The Netherlands) has revealed the presence of a previously undescribed species. This new taxon [Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radiolyrata sp. nov.] appears to occur in situ in the middle Pliocene of Belgium and in the (unspecified) Pliocene of Dutch boreholes. Shells assignable to the new species from Brightwell and Ramsholt Cliff (Suffolk) attest to its occurrence in Pliocene strata in the United Kingdom.

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Peter W. Moerdijk, & Freddy A.D. van Nieulande. (1995). Glycymeris (Glycymeris) radiolyrata sp. nov. (Mollusca, Bivalvia Glycymerididae) from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, 32(1/3), 3–17.