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Semele

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Semele Schumacher p. 165
1904Semele Glenn p. 294
1925Semele Woodring p. 178
1969Semele da Silva Forti p. 93
1980Semele Vokes p. 151
1982Semele Woodring p. 675
1987Semele Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Semele Lamprell and Whitehead p. 114
2002Semele Sepkoski
2003Semele Moore
2010Semele Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusSemeleSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Semele Schumacher 1817
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†Amphidesma profunda Conrad 1893
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Invalid names: Semele incongrua Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Subg. Semele (Semele) Scuhmacher 1817
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†Semele (Semele) ashleyi Hertlein and Grant 1972
†Semele (Semele) fausta Nomland 1917
†Semele (Semele) gayi Arnold 1908
Semele (Semele) pulchra Sowerby I 1832
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Invalid names: Semele quentinensis Dall 1921 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Amphidesma punctatum Sowerby 1833 [replaced]
†Semele anteriocosta Vokes 1938
†Semele australina Harris 1919
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837
†Semele bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Semele carinata Conrad 1830
†Semele casta Adams 1853
†Semele chipolana Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Semele perlamelloides Maury 1910 [synonym], Semele quirosana Hodson 1931 [synonym]
†Semele claytoni Maury 1917
†Semele diaboli Dickerson 1915
†Semele flavescens Gould 1851
Semele hanleyi Angas 1879
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Invalid names: Semele guaymasensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
†Semele harveyensis Mansfield 1932
Semele jaramija Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Semele junonia Verrill 1870
†Semele krauseana Tate 1887
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Erycina turbacoensis Anderson 1929 [synonym]
†Semele linosa Conrad 1833
†Semele mekranica Vredenburg 1928
†Semele montesanoensis Weaver 1912
†Semele morani Anderson and Martin 1914
†Semele nelliana Olsson 1914
†Semele paramutica Gardner 1947
†Semele perlamellosa Heilprin 1887
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799
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Invalid names: Tellina reticulata Spengler 1798 [synonym]
Semele purpurascens Gmelin 1791
Semele radiata Say 1822
†Semele reagani Dickerson 1917
†Semele sardonica Dall 1890
†Semele sayi Toula 1909
†Semele sparsilineata Dall 1915
Semele striosa Adams 1852
†Semele subovata Say 1824
†Semele sylviaensis Weaver 1912
†Semele vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Semele vesiculosa Tate 1887
†Semele willamettensis Hickman 1969
†Semele zuliana Hodson 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:34:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:34:14
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (362 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) S. sp. (43761)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. langdoniana, S. monroensis (92352)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) S. diabloi (200887)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) S. linosa (32901) S. linosa, S. australina (52344)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) S. diabloi (52805)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) S. linosa (98355) S. linosa, S. profunda (90600) S. profunda (205489) S. sp. (81266)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) S. diaboli (207129)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) S. sp. (201047)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) S. australina (99075)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Amphidesma sp. (92487) S. australina (92378) S. linosa (5343 5344 5353 92198) S. sp. (92492)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) S. reagani (40733)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) S. willamettensis (38944 38945 38987 38993 38994 39003)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) S. bolivarensis (42841)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama S. sp. (42531)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) S. reagani, S. gayi (4900)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico S. sp. (80190 80191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) S. smithii (41197)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) S. sp. (60836)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Amphidesma mississippiensis (84137) S. mississippiensis (5942 5947 6002 6004) S. staminea (5867 5944 6005) S. staminea, S. mississippiensis (5943)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) S. silicata (60661)