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Solemya (Petrasma)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Petrasma Dall
1980Petrasma Vokes p. 8
2000Solemya (Petrasma) Coan et al. p. 66
2002Petrasma Sepkoski
2009Solemya (Petrasma) Kamenev p. 245
2010Solemya (Petrasma) Huber p. 91
2012Solemya (Petrasma) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusSolemyaChildren 1823
subgenusPetrasma(Dall 1908)

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.

Subg. Solemya (Petrasma) Dall 1908
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Solemya (Petrasma) africana von Martens 1880
Solemya (Petrasma) velum Say 1822 [Atlantic Awning Clam]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
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: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:48:45
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:48:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 166.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Solemya woodwardiana (37957)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solemya woodwardiana (163966 163967 163969)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Solemya woodwardiana (47064 163970 163972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Solemya velum (57705)