Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative combination: Semele sowerbyi
Invalid subtaxa: Amphidesma punctatum Sowerby 1833 [replaced name], Semele punctata Sowerby 1833 [replaced name]
Belongs to Semele (Semele) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Hertlein 1939
Sister taxa: Semele (Semele) ashleyi, Semele (Semele) californica, Semele (Semele) calliconcinnata, Semele (Semele) corrugata, Semele (Semele) decisa, Semele (Semele) fausta, Semele (Semele) gayi, Semele (Semele) pulchra, Semele (Semele) rubropicta, Semele (Semele) solida
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 27255, James Bay, Isla San Salvador (Quaternary of Ecuador)
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