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Acharax johnsoni

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Solemya johnsoni was named by Dall (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Solemya (Acharax) johnsoni by Woodring (1938); it was recombined as Acharax johnsoni by Dall (1898), Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Kiel and Taviana (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mikasaensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Solemya johnsoni Dall
1898Acharax johnsoni Dall
1908Solemya agassizii Dall
1925Solemya tokunagai Yokoyama p. 311
1938Solemya (Acharax) johnsoni Woodring p. 27
1948Solemya (Acharax) tibai Kuroda
1983Acharax johnsoni Moore p. A31 figs. Plate 4, figures 20, 23
2000Acharax johnsoni Coan et al. p. 66
2010Acharax johnsoni Huber p. 91
2012Acharax johnsoni Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 52
2018Acharax johnsoni Kiel and Taviana

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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
speciesjohnsoni(Dall 1891)

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 johnsoni Dall 1891
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Invalid names: Solemya (Acharax) tibai Kuroda 1948 [synonym], Solemya agassizii Dall 1908 [synonym], Solemya tokunagai Yokoyama 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (50140)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (49980)
Rupelian - Aquitanian33.9 - 20.44Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (50079)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (70521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (70560)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Solemya tokunagai (57692 173019)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Niigata) Solemya tokunagai (59181)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (50048)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Tochigi) Solemya tokunagai (234280)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Acharax johnsoni (70519 70567)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Fukushima) Solemya tokunagai (62296)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) Solemya johnsoni, Solemya johnsoni (179927)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Solemya tokunagai (62295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acharax johnsoni (200653)