Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Alternative combinations: Acharax dalli, Solemya dalli
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1925. Pelecypod from the Marine Oligocene of Western North America. PaleoBios 15(4):69-136
Belongs to Solemya (Acharax) according to N. M. Tegland 1933
See also Durham 1944 and Moore 1984
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) burica, Solemya (Acharax) muroensis
Type specimen: LSJU 1, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (17: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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