Solemya (Acharax) burica Olsson 1942 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106

Belongs to Solemya (Acharax) according to A. A. Olsson 1942

Sister taxa: Acharax (Nacrosolemya), Acharax belenensis, Acharax clarificata, Acharax costellata, Acharax cylindrica, Acharax doderleini, Acharax dunnensis, Acharax frenademezi, Acharax herberti, Acharax holmwoodensis, Acharax incertis, Acharax johnsoni, Acharax normalis, Acharax parallela, Acharax petschorica, Acharax primaeva, Acharax radiata, Acharax solikamica, Acharax stantoni, Acharax ventricosa, Solemya (Acharax) muroensis

Type specimen: PRI 4076, a partial shell. Its type locality is Burica Point, Burica Peninsula [Burica Sandstone], which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene marine conglomerate in the Burica Sandstone Formation of Costa Rica.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Burica Point, Burica Peninsula [Burica Sandstone]

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