Solenomya sharonensis Morningstar 1922 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Full reference: H. Morningstar. 1922. Pottsville fauna of Ohio. Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 25:1-312

Belongs to Solenomya according to H. Morningstar 1922

Sister taxa: Solemya (Austrosolemya), Solemya (Petrasma), Solemya (Pseudacharax), Solemya (Solemya), Solemya (Solemyarina), Solemya (Zesolemya), Solemya abbreviata, Solemya alabamensis, Solemya dalli, Solemya funingensis, Solemya insignifica, Solemya lamarckiana, Solemya lomitensis, Solemya petricoloides, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya translineata, Janeia elliptica, Solemya (Janeia) minuta, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sugar Camp Creek, Sharon Unit, Scioto, which is in a Morrowan coastal shale in Ohio

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Sugar Camp Creek, Sharon Unit, Scioto

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