Family SOLEMYIDAE J. Gray, 1840

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• Solemyidae Gray, 1840 [justified emendation of Solenomyadae by H. & A. Adams (1857: 481)].

  Type genus:

   Solemya Lamarck, 1818.
• Solenomyadae Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London : G. Woodfall and Son 42nd Edn., 1st impression (16 October 1840), [iv] + 370 pp. [136, 150] [incorrect original spelling, based on Solenomya, an incorrect subsequent spelling by Children (1823) of Solemya. Solemyacidae [as used by Dall, 1896] and Solenomyacidae [as used by Dall, 1908] are incorrect subsequent spellings. First corrected to Solemyidae by H. & A. Adams (1857: 481)].
• Acharacinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979.

Introduction

The family in Australia was reviewed by Taylor et al. (2008). They recognised four described species, and identified a further three species for which there was insufficient material to justify formal description. The undescribed species were listed as: Solemya (s.l.) undesctibed species, Solemya (Solemyarina) species A, and Solemya (Solemyarina) species B.

General References

Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1857. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXIX-XXXII) pp. 413-540, pls 113-128. [481]

Allen, J.A. & Hannah, F.J. 1986. A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology 32: 225-249

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563.

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [115] (higher classification)

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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [525-528]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp.

Maxwell, P.A. 1988. Comments on "A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)" by J.A. Allen and F.J. Hannah (1986). Journal of Conchology 33: 85-96

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952]

Taylor, J.D., Glover, E.A. & Williams, S.T. 2008. Ancient chemosynthetic bivalves: systematics of Solemyidae from eastern and southern Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). pp. 75–104 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1)

Vokes, H.E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: A Systematic and Bibliographic Catalogue (revised and updated). New York : Paleontological Research Institution 307 pp.

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