Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative combination: Semele diabloi
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Semele according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Nilsen 1987, Turner 1938 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Semele (Amphidesma), Semele (Elegantula), Semele (Semele), Semele anteriocosta, Semele australina, Semele bellastriata, Semele bolivarensis, Semele carinata, Semele casta, Semele chipolana, Semele claytoni, Semele flavescens, Semele hanleyi, Semele harveyensis, Semele jaramija, Semele junonia, Semele krauseana, Semele laevis, Semele linosa, Semele mekranica, Semele montesanoensis, Semele morani, Semele nelliana, Semele orbiculata, Semele paramutica, Semele perlamellosa, Semele proficua, Semele purpurascens, Semele radiata, Semele reagani, Semele sardonica, Semele sayi, Semele sparsilineata, Semele striosa, Semele subovata, Semele sylviaensis, Semele transversa, Semele vancouverensis, Semele vesiculosa, Semele willamettensis, Semele zuliana
Type specimen: UCMP 11052, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California, Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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