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Solemya alabamensis

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy

Solemya alabamensis was named by Harris (1897).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. angusticaudata, S. belensis, S. bilix, S. gigantea, S. hannonica, S. hoeli, S. kingsparki, S. kobayashii, S. neocomiensis, S. neocomiensis, S. obscura, S. obscura, S. parallela, S. penjica, S. peteri, S. rossiana, S. suprajurensis, S. ventricostata, S. ventricostata, S. willapaensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Solemya alabamensis Harris
1919	Solemya alabamensis Harris p. 76

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Solemyida	Newell 1965
superfamily	Solemyoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Solemyidae	Adams and Adams 1857
genus	Solemya	Children 1823
species	alabamensis	Harris 1897

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 alabamensis Harris 1897

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

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:

deep infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederf

Diet 2:

chemosymbioticf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:45

Modified:

2009-10-09 08:48:45

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Alabama)	Solemya alabamensis (92349)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Georgia)	Solemya alabamensis (90640)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (South Carolina)	Solemya alabamensis (91118)