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Solen townsendensis

Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

Taxonomy

Solen (Plectosolen) townsendensis was named by Clark (1925). Its type specimen is LSJU 51 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Solen townsendensis by Effinger (1938), Weaver (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. amaninensis, S. amphistemma, S. capensis, S. columbiana, S. connectens, S. curtus, S. deshayesi, S. djakovi, S. getkilnensis, S. gordonis, S. gouldi, S. gouldii, S. kovatschensis, S. krusenstearni, S. krusensterni, S. paralellus, S. pendletonensis, S. rimosus, S. sicarus, S. snatolensis, S. subfragilis, S. tehuelchus, S. tehuelchus, S. tigilensis, S. townsendi, S. utcholokensis, S. viridis, S. abruptus, S. crucis, S. taklamaganensis, S. obliquus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Solen (Plectosolen) townsendensis Clark p. 97 figs. Plate 22, figures 7 and 10
1938	Solen townsendensis Effinger pp. 372-373
1942	Solen townsendensis Weaver p. 225

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Solenida	Dall 1889
superfamily	Solenoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Solenidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Solen	Linnaeus 1758
species	townsendensis	(Clark 1925)

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.

†Solen townsendensis Clark 1925

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:52:13

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:52:13

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Solen lincolnensis (4900)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Solen townsendensis (40733 91606 91607)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Oregon)	Solen townsendensis (37697 37698 37816 37817 37818)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Solen townsendensis (208139 208143 208144)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Oregon)	Solen townsendensis (37680 37687 37692 37694)