Semele (Semele) sowerbyi Tryon 1869 (clam)

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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