Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Alternative combination: Solen (Ensisolen) sicarius
Belongs to Solen according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Coan et al. 2000 and Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Solen (Ensisolen), Solen (Hypogella), Solen (Solen), Solen clallamensis, Solen clarki, Solen columbianus, Solen cuneatus, Solen curtus, Solen dombeii, Solen domenginicus, Solen ensis, Solen fonesi, Solen grandis, Solen intermedius, Solen lincolnensis, Solen lisbonensis, Solen marginatus, Solen novacularis, Solen rostriformis, Solen siliqua, Solen sordidus, Solen townsendensis, Solen vagina, Solen vaginoides
Type specimen: USNM 11876, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (36: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (40: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: California)
• Eocene of United States (13: Oregon)
Total: 97 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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