Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Alternative spellings: Plectosolen, Solen (Plectosolen)
Parent taxon: Solena according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Durham 1944, Le Renard and Pacaud 1995, Moore 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Solen (Solena) obliquus, Solena (Eosolen), Solena (Solena), Solena dixoni, Solena elytron
Subtaxa: Solena (Plectosolen) conradi Solena (Plectosolen) gracilis Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus Solena (Plectosolen) proxima
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (10: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (12: California, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (3), United States (24: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 54 collections including 58 occurrences