Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Full reference: H. Natori. 1964. Some molluscan fossils from the Tertiary Muro Group in the Kii Peninsula, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 55(472):247-255
Belongs to Solemya (Acharax) according to H. Natori 1964
Sister taxa: Acharax (Nacrosolemya), Acharax bainii, 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) burica, Solemya (Acharax) dalli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Motomiya, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Ukekawa-Muro Formation of Japan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Motomiya
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