Solena (Eosolen) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Solena (Eosolen) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Solena (Eosolen) coosensis, Solena (Eosolen) eugenensis, Solena (Eosolen) laversinensis, Solena (Eosolen) lorenzana, Solena (Eosolen) novacularis, Solena (Eosolen) perrini, Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax, Solena (Eosolen) stantoni, Solena (Eosolen) subverticala

Type specimen: UCMP 34915, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UC S60

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