Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Alternative combination: Solen (Prothyris) soleniformis
Full reference: M. K. Elias. 1957. Late Mississippian fauna from the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part III. Pelecypoda. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):737-784
Belongs to Prothyris according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1989
See also Elias 1957
Sister taxa: Prothyris (Amphikoilum), Prothyris (Lophoprothyris), Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata, Prothyris (Prothyris) cilindricus, Prothyris contorta, Prothyris elongatus, Prothyris meeki, Prothyris recta, Prothyris stubblefieldi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Village of Milo, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore sandstone in the Redoak Hollow Formation of Oklahoma
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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