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Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus

Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

Taxonomy
Solen gravidus was named by Clark (1918) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Pacific Coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 11133, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus by Moore (2003).

Subspecies
Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. hunickeni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Solen gravidus Clark pp. 156-157 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1973Solen gravidus Addicott p. 30
2003Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—SolenataDall 1889
orderSolenidaDall 1889
superfamilySolenoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familySolenidaeLamarck 1809
genusSolenaMörch 1853
subgenusPlectosolen(Conrad 1866)
speciesgravidus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:22:46
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:22:46
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Solen gravidus (180446)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Solen gravidus (72406 72407 72408 type locality: 122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Solen gravidus (71223 203554 237917 238137 238144 238179 238187 238189 238190 238191 238253 238260)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Solen gravidus (44931 44936)