Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Alternative spelling: Mesopleura
Parent taxon: Tagelus according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Tagelus (Tagelus), Tagelus bolivarensis, Tagelus cebus, Tagelus clarki, Tagelus dombeii, Tagelus peruanus, Tagelus peruvianus, Tagelus plebeius, Tagelus plebius carolinensis, Tagelus politus
Subtaxa: Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus Tagelus (Mesopleura) subteres
Type: Solen divisus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California, Florida collections), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence