Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Alternative combination: Solen plebeius
Synonyms: Solecurtus caribaeus Lamarck 1818, Solen caribaeus Lamarck 1818, Solen gibbus Spengler 1794, Tagelus (Tagelus) gibbus Spengler 1794, Tagelus gibbus Spengler 1794
Belongs to Tagelus according to L. W. Ward 1998
See also Cooke 1936, Hendy et al. 2008 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Tagelus (Mesopleura), Tagelus (Tagelus), Tagelus bolivarensis, Tagelus cebus, Tagelus clarki, Tagelus dombeii, Tagelus peruanus, Tagelus peruvianus, Tagelus plebius carolinensis, Tagelus politus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), United States (32: Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Peru (1), United States (1: Delaware)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
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