Solemya subplicata Meek and Hayden 1856 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Alternative combinations: Solen subplicatus, Solenomya subplicata

Belongs to Solemya according to I. G. Speden 1970

Sister taxa: Solemya (Austrosolemya), Solemya (Petrasma), Solemya (Pseudacharax), Solemya (Solemya), Solemya (Solemyarina), Solemya (Zesolemya), Solemya abbreviata, Solemya alabamensis, Solemya funingensis, Solemya insignifica, Solemya lamarckiana, Solemya lomitensis, Solemya petricoloides, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Solemya (Janeia) minuta, Janeia elliptica

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: South Dakota)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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