''Solen'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of marine

bivalves Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consis ...

in the family

Solenidae Solenidae, commonly called "razor shells", is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the unassigned Euheterodonta. Taxonomy Originally, razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then, the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cult ...

. (Gk. 'solen'=pipe)

Species

It consists of the following species: * '' Solen acinaces'' Hanley, 1843 * '' Solen acutangulus'' Dunker, 1868 * '' Solen aldridgei'' Nowell-Usticke, 1969 * '' Solen annandalei'' Preston, 1915 * '' Solen aureomaculatus'' Habe, 1964 * '' Solen brevissimus'' Martens, 1865 * † '' Solen burdigalensis'' Deshayes, 1839 * '' Solen canaliculatus'' Tchang & Hwang, 1964 * '' Solen capensis'' P. Fischer, 1881 * '' Solen ceylonensis'' Leach, 1814 * '' Solen corneus'' Lamarck, 1818 * '' Solen crockeri'' Hertlein & Strong, 1950 * '' Solen crosnieri'' Cosel, 1989 * '' Solen cylindraceus'' Hanley, 1843 * '' Solen dactylus'' Cosel, 1989 * '' Solen darwinensis'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen delesserti'' Sowerby, 1874 * '' Solen digitalis'' Jousseaume, 1891 * '' Solen exiguus'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen fonesii'' Dunker, 1862 * † '' Solen franciscae'' Bazzacco, 2001 * '' Solen gaudichaudi'' Chenu, 1843 * '' Solen gemmelli'' Cosel, 1992 * '' Solen grandis'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen gravelyi'' Ghosh, 1920 * '' Solen guinaicus'' Cosel, 1993 * '' Solen haae'' Thach, 2016 * '' Solen jonesii'' Sowerby, 1874 * '' Solen kajiyamai'' Habe, 1964 * '' Solen kempi'' Preston, 1915 * '' Solen kikuchii'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen krusensterni'' Schrenck, 1867 * '' Solen kurodai'' Habe, 1964 * '' Solen lamarckii'' Chenu, 1843 * '' Solen leanus'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen linearis'' Spengler, 1794 * '' Solen lischkeanus'' Dunker, 1865 * '' Solen madagascariensis'' Cosel, 1989 * '' Solen malaccensis'' Dunker, 1862 * ''

Solen marginatus ''Solen marginatus'', common name "grooved razor shell" (Portuguese: ''lingueirão'' Italian: ''cannolicchio''), is a species of marine bivalves in the family Solenidae Solenidae, commonly called "razor shells", is a family of marine bivalve ...

'' Pulteney, 1799 * '' Solen mexicanus'' Dall, 1899 * '' Solen oerstedii'' Mörch, 1860 * '' Solen pazensis'' Lowe, 1935 * '' Solen pfeifferi'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen poppei'' Thach, 2015 * '' Solen pseudolinearis'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen regularis'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen rosaceus'' Carpenter, 1864 * '' Solen roseomaculatus'' Pilsbry, 1901 * '' Solen rosewateri'' Van Regteren Altena, 1971 * '' Solen rostriformis'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen sarawakensis'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen schultzeanus'' Dunker, 1850 * '' Solen sicarius'' Gould, 1850 * '' Solen sloanii'' Gray, 1843 * '' Solen soleneae'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen strictus'' Gould, 1861 * '' Solen tairona'' Cosel, 1985 * '' Solen takekosugei'' Thach, 2020 * '' Solen tchangi'' Huber, 2010 * '' Solen thachi'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen thailandicus'' Cosel, 2002 * '' Solen thuelchus'' Hanley, 1842 * '' Solen timorensis'' Dunker, 1852 * '' Solen vagina''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

* '' Solen vaginoides'' Lamarck, 1818 * '' Solen viridis'' Say, 1821 * '' Solen vitreus'' Dunker, 1862 * '' Solen woodwardi'' Dunker, 1862

Notes

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

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

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