Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Semelidae

Semele Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 synonym
Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 synonym; alternate representation

Children

Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
Semele striata (Reeve, 1853)

Literature

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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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Semele Schumacher, 1817. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138476

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2012-09-22 by Philippe Bouchet

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