Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Parent taxon: Solenidae according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1976, Nagao 1928, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Pharellinae, Psamosolen, Solena
Subtaxa: Solen (Ensisolen) Solen (Hypogella) Solen (Solen) Solen clallamensis Solen clarki Solen columbianus Solen cuneatus Solen curtus Solen dombeii Solen domenginicus Solen ensis Solen fonesi Solen grandis Solen intermedius Solen lincolnensis Solen lisbonensis Solen marginatus Solen novacularis Solen rostriformis Solen sicarius Solen siliqua Solen sordidus Solen townsendensis Solen vagina Solen vaginoides
Type: Solen vagina
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections), India (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (5), Thailand (1), United States (42: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Italy (4), Japan (1), Pakistan (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (33: California, Oregon, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (2), Colombia (1), France (1), India (5), Italy (1), Japan (12), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (13: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Canada (5: British Columbia), Japan (7), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (18: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (36: Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (10: California, Louisiana, Texas)
• Tertiary of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Portugal (1), United States (3: California)
• Jurassic of France (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 268 collections including 288 occurrences
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