Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Alternative combination: Solen gravidus
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Solena (Plectosolen) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Addicott 1973 and Clark 1918
Sister taxa: Solena (Plectosolen) conradi, Solena (Plectosolen) gracilis, Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus, Solena (Plectosolen) proxima
Subtaxa: Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi
Type specimen: UCMP 11133, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
• Oligocene of United States (5: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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