Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenomorphidae
Alternative combinations: Solen nitida, Solenopsis nitida
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238
Belongs to Solenomorpha according to R. D. Hoare 1993
See also Busanus and Hoare 1991, Driscoll 1965, Elias 1957, Girty 1910, Girty 1911, Hoare et al. 1989, Pojeta 1969 and Snider 1915
Sister taxa: Solenomorpha elegantissima, Solenomorpha gardneri, Solenomorpha gladius, Solenomorpha kogimica, Solenomorpha lamborni, Solenomorpha parvula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (10: Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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