Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Alternative combination: Acharax dalli
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1925. Pelecypod from the Marine Oligocene of Western North America. PaleoBios 15(4):69-136
Belongs to Solemya according to Clark 1925
See also Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Solemya (Austrosolemya), Solemya (Petrasma), Solemya (Pseudacharax), Solemya (Solemya), Solemya (Solemyarina), Solemya (Zesolemya), Solemya abbreviata, Solemya alabamensis, Solemya funingensis, Solemya insignifica, Solemya lamarckiana, Solemya lomitensis, Solemya petricoloides, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Janeia elliptica, Solemya (Janeia) minuta, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica
Type specimen: LSJU 1, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (17: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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