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Acharax normalis

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy

Solenimya normalis was named by Howse (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Humbleton Hill, Durham (Howse coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Janeia phillipsiana by King (1850); it was recombined as Solemya normalis by Howse (1857), Geinitz (1861); it was recombined as Janeia normalis by Logan (1967); it was recombined as Solemya (Janeia) normalis by Muromtseva (1981), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984); it was recombined as Acharax normalis by Bailey (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. bosoanum, A. cretacea, A. gigas, A. mikasaensis, A. subquadrata, A. subventricosa, A. tigilensis, A. tokunagai, Solemya willapaensis

Synonyms

Solemya phillipsiana was named by King (1848).

It was recombined as Janeia phillipsiana by King (1850); it was recombined as Solenomya phillipsiana by von Schauroth (1854); it was synonymized subjectively with Solemya normalis by Geinitz (1861); it was synonymized subjectively with Janeia normalis by Logan (1967).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Solenimya normalis Howse p. 244
1848	Solemya phillipsiana King
1850	Janeia phillipsiana King p. 179 figs. Pl 16, fig 8
1854	Solenomya phillipsiana von Schauroth p. 553 figs. Pl 21, fig 5
1857	Solemya normalis Howse p. 308 figs. Pl 4, fig 7
1861	Solemya normalis Geinitz p. 61 figs. Pl 12, figs 20,21
1967	Janeia normalis Logan p. 61 figs. Pl 10, figs 13,14
1981	Solemya (Janeia) normalis Muromtseva p. 29 figs. Pl 10, fig 18
1984	Solemya (Janeia) normalis Muromtseva and Guskov p. 35 figs. Pl 24, fig 15; pl 41, fig 18
2021	Acharax normalis Bailey p. 27

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Solemyida	Newell 1965
superfamily	Solemyoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Solemyidae	Adams and Adams 1857
subfamily	Solemyinae	Gray 1840
genus	Acharax	Dall 1908
species	normalis	()

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.

†Acharax normalis Howse 1848

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Invalid names: Solemya phillipsiana King 1848 [synonym]

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 Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation	Janeia normalis (197762)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	United Kingdom	Solenimya normalis (type locality: 130870)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	United Kingdom (England)	Janeia normalis (88656 112852 112855) Janeia phillipsiana (130765) Solemya normalis (110500)