''Solamen'' is a
genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater clams,
marine
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Crenellinae of the family
Mytilidae, the mussels.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Solamen Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492085 on 2022-06-17]
Species
* ''
Solamen bulla''
(Dunker, 1857)
* ''
Solamen columbianum''
(Dall, 1897)
* ''
Solamen dollfusi''
(Dautzenberg, 1910)
* ''
Solamen glandula''
(Totten, 1834)
* ''
Solamen leanum''
(Dall, 1897)
* ''
Solamen megas''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''
Solamen persicum''
(E. A. Smith, 1906)
* ''
Solamen recens''
(Tate, 1897)
* ''
Solamen spectabile''
(A. Adams, 1862)
* ''
Solamen striatissimum''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
References
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
External links
Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278.
Mytilidae
Bivalve genera
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