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Solemya
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Cryptodonta
Order:
Solemyoida
Superfamily:
Solemyacea
Family:
Solemyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Solemya LAMARCK, 1818, p. 488
Type Species:
S. mediterranea (=Tellina togata Poli, 1795, p. 42), SD CHILDREN, 1823
Images
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Fig. B1,3. *S. (S.) togata (Poli), Medit., LV int., showing ligament (black) with supporting chondrophore, muscle scars, and broken edge of periostracum (along anterodorsal margin), X2 (Cox, n).
Synonyms
Solenimya, Solenomya, Stephanopus, Solenymia, Solenymya
Geographic Distribution
Medit.-W.Atl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-oval or sub-oval shell, Ligament posterior to umbones, Only very thin descending strip adhering to shell interior in front of chondrophore, Chondrophore lacks supporting buttresses
References
Lamarck, J. B. de, 1818-19, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres: v. 5,612 p; v. 6, no. 1, 343 p. (Paris).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Cryptodonta
Order:
Solemyoida
Superfamily:
Solemyacea
Family:
Solemyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Solemya LAMARCK, 1818, p. 488
Type Species:
S. mediterranea (=Tellina togata Poli, 1795, p. 42), SD CHILDREN, 1823
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. B1,3. *S. (S.) togata (Poli), Medit., LV int., showing ligament (black) with supporting chondrophore, muscle scars, and broken edge of periostracum (along anterodorsal margin), X2 (Cox, n).
Synonyms
Solenimya, Solenomya, Stephanopus, Solenymia, Solenymya
Geographic Distribution
Medit.-W.Atl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elongate-oval or sub-oval shell, Ligament posterior to umbones, Only very thin descending strip adhering to shell interior in front of chondrophore, Chondrophore lacks supporting buttresses
References
Lamarck, J. B. de, 1818-19, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres: v. 5,612 p; v. 6, no. 1, 343 p. (Paris).