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Solemya
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Solemyidae
Taxonomy
Solemya was named by Children (1823). It is extant.
It was assigned to Solenomyidae by Howse (1848); to Pelecypoda by Meek and Worthen (1860); to Solemyacidae by Olsson (1931); to Solemyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solemyidae by Grant and Gale (1931), Eames (1951), Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Coan et al. (2000), Kamenev (2009), Huber (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
It was assigned to Solenomyidae by Howse (1848); to Pelecypoda by Meek and Worthen (1860); to Solemyacidae by Olsson (1931); to Solemyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solemyidae by Grant and Gale (1931), Eames (1951), Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Coan et al. (2000), Kamenev (2009), Huber (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
Species
S. (Austrosolemya), S. (Petrasma), S. (Pseudacharax), S. (Solemya), S. (Solemyarina), S. (Zesolemya), S. abbreviata, S. doderleini, S. dunnensis, S. funingensis, S. insignifica, S. lamarckiana, S. lomitensis, S. parallella, S. petricoloides, S. radiata, S. sulcifera, S. togata (syn. S. mediterranea), S. trapezoides, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1823 | Solemya Children |
| 1848 | Solenimya Howse p. 26 |
| 1860 | Solenomya Meek and Worthen p. 471 |
| 1931 | Solemya Grant and Gale |
| 1931 | Solemya Olsson p. 31 |
| 1951 | Solemya Eames p. 329 |
| 1980 | Solemya Vokes p. 8 |
| 1998 | Solemya Lamprell and Healy p. 42 |
| 2000 | Solemya Coan et al. p. 63 |
| 2002 | Solemya Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Solemya Kamenev p. 235 |
| 2010 | Solemya Huber p. 90 |
| 2012 | Solemya Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 52 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. M. Kamenev 2009 | Shell thin, flexible, poorly mineralized, elongate-oval, inflated to compressed, in- equilateral, equivalve. Beaks obscure, not prominent, near posterior end. Periostracum adherent, varnished, extending beyond shell. Surface with widely spaced weak radial ribs or furrows. Lunule and escutcheon absent. Ligament opisthodetic, internal, attached to chondrophore, sometimes with a lateral expan- sion in front of chondrophore. Chondrophore oblique, sometimes supported by a radial rib. Hinge plate weak, edentate. Adductor scars unequal; posterior scar small and impressed; anterior scar large, continuous with a pedal retractor scar. |