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Solemya sulcifera

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solemya sulcifera was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 167165, a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3652, 5312, which is in a Ypresian/Bartonian coastal tar in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. belensis, S. bilix, S. hoeli, S. kingsparki, S. neocomiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Solemya sulcifera Cooke p. 147 figs. pl. 14, fig. 3
2008Solemya sulcifera Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusSolemyaChildren 1823
speciessulcifera

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.

†Solemya sulcifera Cooke 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available