Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Parent taxon: Cultellidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Russell and Landes 1937 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Enosolen, Ensiculus, Ospriasolen, Phaxas, Senis
Subtaxa: Leptosolen albertensis Leptosolen biplicata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (2), India (1), Japan (16), Libya (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (1), United States (120: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 149 collections including 160 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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