Alternative spelling: Solenacea
Parent taxon: Solenida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Glenn 1904, Nevesskaja 2009, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxon: Orthonotoidea
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Chile (2), Ecuador (2), France (1), India (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (4), Poland (1), Portugal (2), South Africa (6), Thailand (3), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (137: California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Chile (4), Costa Rica (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (3), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (76: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (2), United States (17: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (5), Australia (1), Austria (2), Belgium (6), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Chile (2), Colombia (5), the Dominican Republic (5), France (1), Germany (9), India (11), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (28), Mexico (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (6), the Russian Federation (7), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (78: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Canada (5: British Columbia), Denmark (1), France (10), Hungary (1), Japan (14), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (41: Alaska, California, Florida, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (1), Italy (2), Japan (11), Mexico (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (16), United States (144: Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), China (1), Denmark (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (31: California, Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (3), India (1), Japan (16), Libya (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (141: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (1), Portugal (4)
• Triassic of China (1), Italy (1), Japan (1)
Total: 1014 collections including 1170 occurrences