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Acharax parallela

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solenomya parallela was named by Beede and Rogers (1899).

It was recombined as Solemya parallella by Chronic (1952); it was recombined as Acharax parallela by Bailey (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Solenomya parallela Beede and Rogers
1952Solemya parallella Chronic p. 153
2021Acharax parallela Bailey p. 29

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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
speciesparallela(Beede and Rogers 1899)

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 parallela Beede and Rogers 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height215.515.016.015.50.707

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 Missourian to the top of the Roadian or 306.00000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Solenomya parallela (237767)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Solenomya parallela (237801)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Solemya parallella (39999 40001)