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Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus

Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

Taxonomy
Solen gravidus was named by Clark (1918) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Pacific Coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 11133, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus by Moore (2003).

Subspecies
Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. hunickeni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Solen gravidus Clark pp. 156-157 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1973Solen gravidus Addicott p. 30
2003Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—SolenataDall 1889
orderSolenidaDall 1889
superfamilySolenoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familySolenidaeLamarck 1809
genusSolenaMörch 1853
subgenusPlectosolen(Conrad 1866)
speciesgravidus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available