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Solemyidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62288	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62288

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Solemyidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Solemyida	Newell 1965
superfamily	Solemyoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Solemyidae	Adams and Adams 1857

Common Name

Awning Clam

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoida	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated without evidence	Fang, 2006
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Solemyidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

29 (45%)

First Recorded Appearance

431 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Solemyidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Solemyidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, chemosymbiotic (based on Solemyidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Solemyidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thin,none (based on Solemyidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Janacekiinae family	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Acharacinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Solemyinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Acharax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	52	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Janeia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	80	431 Ma Silurian	254 Ma Permian
Solemya genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	178	426 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Vorkutella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	304 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Solemya genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1857	Solemyidae Adams and Adams
1857	Solemyacidae H. Adams and Adams
1895	Solemyidae Stanton p. 55
1931	Solemyacidae Olsson p. 31
1944	Solemyacidae Durham p. 133
1957	Trachyaspis turbulensis Bergounioux
1965	Solemyidae Newell p. 17
1980	Solemyidae Vokes p. 8
2000	Solemyidae Coan et al. p. 63
2004	Solemyidae Spencer et al.

Year	Name and Author
2006	Solemyidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2006	Solemyidae Fang
2008	Solemyidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2009	Solemyidae Nevesskaja
2010	Solemyidae Bouchet et al.
2010	Solemyidae Huber p. 90
2011	Solemyidae Carter et al. p. 5
2012	Solemyidae Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 50
2014	Solemyidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328

Mikkelsen P. M., Bieler R. (2008) , Seashells of Southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and regions, 1-503

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Huber M. (2010) , Compendium of bivalves: A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research, 1-901

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

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