Solemya peteri Zinsmeister 1984 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Belongs to Solemya according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

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 subplicata, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Janeia elliptica, Solemya (Janeia) minuta

Type specimen: USNM 365483, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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