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Solemya
Taxonomy
Solemya was named by Children (1823). It is extant.
It was assigned to Solenomyidae by Howse (1848); to Pelecypoda by Meek and Worthen (1860); to Solemyacidae by Olsson (1931), Woodring (1938) and Durham (1944); to Solemyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solemyidae by Stanton (1895), Palmer (1923), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Eames (1951), Natori (1964), Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Coan et al. (2000), Kamenev (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Solenomyidae by Howse (1848); to Pelecypoda by Meek and Worthen (1860); to Solemyacidae by Olsson (1931), Woodring (1938) and Durham (1944); to Solemyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solemyidae by Stanton (1895), Palmer (1923), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Eames (1951), Natori (1964), Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Coan et al. (2000), Kamenev (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species
Janeia elliptica, S. (Austrosolemya), S. (Janeia) minuta, S. (Janeia) tibetica, S. (Petrasma), S. (Pseudacharax), S. (Solemya), S. (Solemyarina), S. (Zesolemya), S. abbreviata, S. alabamensis, S. dalli, S. funingensis, S. insignifica, S. lamarckiana, S. lomitensis, S. petricoloides, S. sulcifera, S. togata (syn. S. mediterranea), Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Solemya Children |
| 1848 | Solenimya Howse p. 26 |
| 1850 | Janeia King p. 177 |
| 1860 | Solenomya Meek and Worthen p. 471 |
| 1874 | Solenomya (Janeia) Meek |
| 1895 | Solemya Stanton p. 55 |
| 1923 | Solemya Palmer p. 302 |
| 1931 | Solemya Grant, IV and Gale |
| 1931 | Solemya Olsson p. 31 |
| 1938 | Solemya Woodring p. 27 |
| 1944 | Solemya Durham p. 133 |
| 1951 | Solemya Eames p. 329 |
| 1964 | Solemya Natori p. 249 |
| 1980 | Janeia Vokes p. 8 |
| 1980 | Solemya Vokes p. 8 |
| 1981 | Solemya (Janeia) Muromtseva p. 29 |
| 1998 | Solemya Lamprell and Healy p. 42 |
| 2000 | Solemya Coan et al. p. 63 |
| 2002 | Janeia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Solemya Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Solemya Kamenev p. 235 |
| 2010 | Solemya Bouchet et al. |
| 2010 | Solemya Huber p. 90 |
| 2012 | Solemya Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 52 |
| 2014 | Solemya Ros-Franch et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Solemya Children 1823
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Subg. Solemya (Austrosolemya) Taylor et al. 2008
Subg. Solemya (Petrasma) Dall 1908
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Solemya (Petrasma) africana von Martens 1880
Solemya (Petrasma) borealis Totten 1834
Solemya (Petrasma) panamensis Dall 1908
Solemya (Petrasma) pervernicosa Kuroda 1948
Solemya (Petrasma) pusilla Gould 1861
Solemya (Petrasma) velum Say 1822 [Atlantic Awning Clam]
†Solemya (Petrasma) woodwardiana Leckenby 1859
Subg. Solemya (Pseudacharax) Huber 2010
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Solemya (Pseudacharax) occidentalis Deshayes 1857 [West Indian Awning Clam]
Subg. Solemya (Solemya) Lamarck 1818
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Solemya (Solemya) reidi Bernard 1980
Solemya (Solemya) tagiri Okutani et al. 2003
Solemya (Solemya) valvulus Carpenter 1864
Subg. Solemya (Solemyarina) Iredale 1931
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Solemya (Solemyarina) australis Lamarck 1818
Solemya (Solemyarina) parkinsonii Smith 1874
Subg. Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale 1939
†Solemya abbreviata Frech 1912
†Solemya alabamensis Harris 1897
†Solemya dalli Clark 1925
†Solemya funingensis Guo 1985
†Solemya insignifica Eames 1951
†Solemya lamarckiana Nyst and Hon 1862
†Solemya lomitensis Olsson 1931
Solemya petricoloides Lea 1833
†Solemya sulcifera Cooke 1919
†Solenomya semseyana Bittner 1901
†Solenomya sharonensis Morningstar 1922
†Solenomya translineata Laseron 1910
Invalid names: Janeia King 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. M. Kamenev 2009 | Shell thin, flexible, poorly mineralized, elongate-oval, inflated to compressed, in- equilateral, equivalve. Beaks obscure, not prominent, near posterior end. Periostracum adherent, varnished, extending beyond shell. Surface with widely spaced weak radial ribs or furrows. Lunule and escutcheon absent. Ligament opisthodetic, internal, attached to chondrophore, sometimes with a lateral expan- sion in front of chondrophore. Chondrophore oblique, sometimes supported by a radial rib. Hinge plate weak, edentate. Adductor scars unequal; posterior scar small and impressed; anterior scar large, continuous with a pedal retractor scar. |
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 8 | 8.88 | 4.21 | 24.2 | 8.56 | 7.43 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 425.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 423.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 423.0 Ma
Collections (210 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ludfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Solenomya sp. (8307 8309 8312) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Janeia sp. (593) | |
| Devonian | Brazil (Lambedor) | Janeia braziliensis (75171 75174 75176) | |
| Emsian | Brazil (Parana) | S. sp. (37080 37081 37082) | |
| Emsian | South Africa | Janeia bokkeveldensis (35582) Janeia bokkeveldensis, Janeia brazieliensis (35578) Janeia sp. (a) (35581) | |
| Emsian | Brazil | S. brasiliensis (37070) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Nunavut) | S. sp. (170992) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Brazil (Piaui) | S. sp. (37128) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | S. sp. (37115) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Brazil (Parana) | S. sp. (37104 37105 37106 37107) | |
| Eifelian | South Africa | Janeia sp. (35595) Janeia sp. (b), Janeia sp. (a), Janeia bokkeveldensis (35593) | |
| Eifelian | Brazil | S. brasiliensis (37071) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Brazil (Parana) | S. sp. (37143 37145 37146) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Brazil (Santa Catarina) | S. sp. (37141) | |
| Eifelian - Frasnian | Brazil | S. brasiliensis (37073) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Virginia) | S. sp. (6994) | |
| Frasnian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Janeia sp. (77958) | |
| Carboniferous - Permian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Janeia sp. (46155) | |
| Osagean - Chadian | USA (Virginia) | S. sp. (6996) | |
| Jiusian | China (Guangdong) | S. parallela (55698) | |