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Acharax holmwoodensis

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solemya holmwoodensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is UWA 45384, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Solemya (Janeia) holmwoodensis by Fang (1987); it was recombined as Acharax holmwoodensis by Bailey (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Solemya holmwoodensis Dickins p. 59 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-9; pl 8, figs 17,18
1987Solemya (Janeia) holmwoodensis Fang p. 366
2019Solemya holmwoodensis Biakov p. 245 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
2021Acharax holmwoodensis Bailey p. 30

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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
speciesholmwoodensis()

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 holmwoodensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height227.527.028.027.50.707
valve height322.914.229.029.08.54

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 303.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Russian Federation Solemya holmwoodensis (202199)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Solemya holmwoodensis (107350)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) Solemya holmwoodensis (101951)