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Solemya

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Solemya Children
1848Solenimya Howse p. 26
1850Janeia King p. 177
1860Solenomya Meek and Worthen p. 471
1874Solenomya (Janeia) Meek
1895Solemya Stanton p. 55
1923Solemya Palmer p. 302
1931Solemya Grant, IV and Gale
1931Solemya Olsson p. 31
1938Solemya Woodring p. 27
1944Solemya Durham p. 133
1951Solemya Eames p. 329
1964Solemya Natori p. 249
1980Janeia Vokes p. 8
1980Solemya Vokes p. 8
1981Solemya (Janeia) Muromtseva p. 29
1998Solemya Lamprell and Healy p. 42
2000Solemya Coan et al. p. 63
2002Janeia Sepkoski
2002Solemya Sepkoski
2009Solemya Kamenev p. 235
2010Solemya Bouchet et al.
2010Solemya Huber p. 90
2012Solemya Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 52
2014Solemya Ros-Franch 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

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.

G. Solemya Children 1823
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Subg. Solemya (Austrosolemya) Taylor et al. 2008
Subg. Solemya (Pseudacharax) Huber 2010
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Solemya (Pseudacharax) occidentalis Deshayes 1857 [West Indian Awning Clam]
Subg. Solemya (Solemya) Lamarck 1818
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Solemya (Solemya) tagiri Okutani et al. 2003
Subg. Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale 1939
Solemya abbreviata Frech 1912
Solemya alabamensis Harris 1897
Solemya dalli Clark 1925
Solemya funingensis Guo 1985
Solemya insignifica Eames 1951
Solemya lamarckiana Nyst and Hon 1862
Solemya lomitensis Olsson 1931
Solemya sulcifera Cooke 1919
Solemya togata Poli 1795
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Invalid names: Solemya mediterranea Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
Solenomya semseyana Bittner 1901
Solenomya sharonensis Morningstar 1922
Solenomya translineata Laseron 1910
Invalid names: Janeia King 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. M. Kamenev 2009Shell 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.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height88.884.2124.28.567.43

Composition: aragoniteg
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: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:48:45
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:48:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 425.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 423.0 Ma

Collections (209 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Solenomya sp. (8307 8309 8312)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) Janeia sp. (593)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Brazil (Lambedor) Janeia braziliensis (75171 75174 75176)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil S. brasiliensis (37070)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) S. sp. (170992)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa Janeia bokkeveldensis (35582) Janeia bokkeveldensis, Janeia brazieliensis (35578) Janeia sp. (a) (35581)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) S. sp. (37080 37081 37082)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Mato Grosso) S. sp. (37115)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) S. sp. (37128)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) S. sp. (37104 37105 37106 37107)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil S. brasiliensis (37071)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7South Africa Janeia sp. (35595) Janeia sp. (b), Janeia sp. (a), Janeia bokkeveldensis (35593)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Santa Catarina) S. sp. (37141)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Parana) S. sp. (37143 37145 37146)
Eifelian - Frasnian393.3 - 372.2Brazil S. brasiliensis (37073)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Janeia sp. (77958)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Virginia) S. sp. (6994)
Carboniferous - Permian358.9 - 252.17India (Madhya Pradesh) Janeia sp. (46155)
Osagean - Chadian353.8 - 345.0USA (Virginia) S. sp. (6996)
Jiusian345.3 - 339.4China (Guangdong) S. parallela (55698)