Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Alternative spellings: Eosolen, Solen (Eosolen)
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Parent taxon: Solena according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Hendy 2020, Le Renard and Pacaud 1995, Moore 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Squires and Kennedy 1998 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Solen (Solena) obliquus, Solena (Plectosolen), Solena (Solena), Solena dixoni, Solena elytron
Subtaxa: Solena (Eosolen) bolivarensis Solena (Eosolen) coosensis Solena (Eosolen) eugenensis Solena (Eosolen) laversinensis Solena (Eosolen) lorenzana Solena (Eosolen) novacularis Solena (Eosolen) perrini Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax Solena (Eosolen) stantoni Solena (Eosolen) subverticala
Type: Solen obliquus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (20: California collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (4: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (5), United States (11: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of United States (15: Oregon)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Colombia (1), France (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (82: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (13: California)
Total: 169 collections each including a single occurrence