Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Parent taxon: Semelidae according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, da Silva Forti 1969, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Abra, Cumingia, Ervilia, Erviliinae, Leptomya, Ligula, Scrobiculariinae, Semelina, Semelinae, Septeuilia, Theora, Lavignonus
Subtaxa: Semele (Amphidesma) Semele (Elegantula) Semele (Semele) Semele anteriocosta Semele australina Semele bellastriata Semele bolivarensis Semele carinata Semele casta Semele chipolana 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 subovata Semele sylviaensis Semele transversa Semele vancouverensis Semele vesiculosa Semele willamettensis Semele zuliana
Type: Tellina proficua
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Cayman Islands (2), Chile (8), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (2), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), Mexico (7), Peru (2), the Seychelles (1), Spain (1), United States (75: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (2), Costa Rica (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (3), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (29: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (2), Colombia (10), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (2), France (1), Haiti (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (48), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (51: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (2), United States (13: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Panama (1), United States (26: Alabama, California, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 358 collections including 446 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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