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Semele laevis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Amphidesma laevis was named by Sowerby (1833) [NOMENCLATURE: Not confidence about original genus assignment.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Semele laevis by Olsson (1922) and Woodring (1982).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Amphidesma laevis Sowerby
1922Semele laevis Olsson p. 258
1929Erycina turbacoensis Anderson p. 163 figs. pl. 22, figs. 9, 10
1982Semele laevis Woodring p. 676

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusSemeleSchumacher 1817
specieslaevis(Sowerby 1833)

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.

Semele laevis Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Erycina turbacoensis Anderson 1929 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Semele laevis (66178)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Semele laevis (52173)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Semele laevis (52169 52170 82119 82121 82124 82125 82126 82127 93145 93148 93164 93168 93171)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Semele laevis (142899 142918 142919 142921 142922 142924 142926 142930 145250 145254 145351 145352 145356 145567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Semele laevis (60399 60635 96514)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Erycina turbacoensis (88308)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Semele laevis (96501 131219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador Semele laevis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Semele costaricensis (60662)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Semele laevis (96488)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Semele laevis (60409 60410 96517)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Semele laevis (51886)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Semele laevis (134652 134664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Semele laevis (66777)