Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Alternative spellings: Solen (Solecurtus), Solenocurtus
Synonym: Psammosolen Risso 1826
Parent taxon: Solecurtinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Dana 1847, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895, Vokes 1980, Vredenburg 1928 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxon: Azorinus
Subtaxa: Psammosolen galapaganus Psammosolen gatunensis Psammosolen sanctidominici Solecurtus (Azor) Solecurtus (Macha) Solecurtus blainvillii Solecurtus broggii Solecurtus cereris Solecurtus chapmani Solecurtus dennanti Solecurtus dubius Solecurtus legrandi Solecurtus murrayvianus Solecurtus obscurus Solecurtus philippinarum Solecurtus strigilatus Solecurtus strigillatus Solecurtus sulcatus Solecurtus vicksburgensis Solenocurtus hanetianus Solenocurtus sindiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), Iran (1), Japan (4), Pakistan (1), Thailand (1), United States (8: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (7), Haiti (1), India (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (19), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of China (1), France (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (1), South Africa (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Sweden (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 124 collections including 129 occurrences
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