Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Synonyms: Semele perlamelloides Maury 1910, Semele quirosana Hodson 1931
Belongs to Semele according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Sister taxa: Semele (Amphidesma), Semele (Elegantula), Semele (Semele), Semele anteriocosta, Semele australina, Semele bellastriata, Semele bolivarensis, Semele carinata, Semele casta, Semele claytoni, Semele diaboli, 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 specimens:
- Semele chipolana: USNM 114630, a shell
- Semele perlamelloides:
- Semele quirosana:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (11 collections), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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