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Solemya (Acharax) burica

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solemya (Acharax) burica was named by Olsson (1942) [MEASUREMENT: Based only on unfragmented dimension (height). Estimated to be 115 mm in length.]. Its type specimen is PRI 4076, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burica Point, Burica Peninsula [Burica Sandstone], which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene marine conglomerate in the Burica Sandstone Formation of Costa Rica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Acharax mikasaensis, S. belensis, S. bilix, S. hoeli, S. kingsparki, S. neocomiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Solemya (Acharax) burica Olsson p. 2 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
subfamilySolemyinaeGray 1840
genusSolemyaDall 1908
subgenusAcharax
speciesburica

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.

†Solemya (Acharax) burica Olsson 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thinf
Reinforcement: nof
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:20:27
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:59:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Costa Rica Solemya burica (type locality: 66797)