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Acharax radiata

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solenomya radiata was named by Meek and Worthen (1860). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Solemya radiata by Hoare (1961), Kues (1995); it was recombined as Acharax radiata by Bailey (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Solenomya radiata Meek and Worthen p. 457
1866Solenomya radiata Meek and Worthen p. 349 figs. pl. 26 f. 20a-b
1900Solenomya radiata Beede p. 160 figs. pl. 22 f. 5, 5b
1922Solenomya radiata Morningstar pp. 193-194
1930Solenomya radiata Branson p. 41 figs. Pl 9, figs 21,22
1961Solemya radiata Hoare pp. 94-95 figs. pl. 12 f. 12
1995Solemya radiata Kues p. 76 figs. 7.20-7.23
2021Acharax radiata Bailey p. 28

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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
genusAcharaxDall 1908
speciesradiata()

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 radiata Meek and Worthen 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height216.214.018.616.33.27

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 Desmoinesian to the top of the Sakmarian or 312.80000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Solenomya radiata (276195)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Solemya radiata (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Solemya radiata (70255 70256 70272 70296 70298 70381 70382)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Solemya radiata (41988)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Solenomya radiata (175190)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Solemya radiata (156687)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Solenomya radiata (71993)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) Solemya radiata (118827)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Solemya radiata (39154 39155)