Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Alternative spelling: Solen (Solena)
Parent taxon: Solenidae according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gabb 1864, Moore 1976, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Pharellinae, Psamosolen, Solen
Subtaxa: Solen (Solena) obliquus Solena (Eosolen) Solena (Plectosolen) Solena (Solena) Solena dixoni Solena elytron
Type: Solen obliquus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (20: California collections)
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (4: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (5), Brazil (2), Chile (2), Colombia (4), the Dominican Republic (1), India (2), Mexico (2), Panama (7), the Russian Federation (1), United States (21: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of United States (30: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Belgium (1), Colombia (1), France (3), Italy (1), Japan (6), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (116: Alabama, Alaska, California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (15: California)
Total: 266 collections including 275 occurrences
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