Semele (bivalve)

Semele is a genus of molluscs of the family Semelidae described in 1817 by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher.[1][2]

Semele
Semele rubropicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Semelidae
Genus: Semele
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Semele reticulata Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818
  • Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818· accepted, alternate representation
  • Semele (Elegantula) de Gregorio, 1885· accepted, alternate representation
  • Semele (Semele) Schumacher, 1817· accepted, alternate representation

Species

  • Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
  • Semele brambleyae (Powell, 1967)
  • Semele decisa (Conrad, 1837)
  • Semele incongrua Carpenter, 1864
  • Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
  • Semele pulchra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Semele rubicola Dall, 1915
  • Semele rubropicta Dall, 1871
  • Semele rupicola Dall, 1915
  • Semele venusta (Reeve, 1853)

References

  1. "Semele (Schumacher, 1817)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Semele Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138476 on 2021-02-27
  • 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.
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