Solemya lomitensis Olsson 1931 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Solemya according to A. A. Olsson 1931

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 petricoloides, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Janeia elliptica, Solemya (Janeia) minuta, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Solemya lomitensis in the database

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