Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative combination: Semele fausta
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. The Etchegoin Pliocene of middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(14):191-254
Belongs to Semele (Semele) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Nomland 1917
Sister taxa: Semele (Semele) ashleyi, Semele (Semele) californica, Semele (Semele) calliconcinnata, Semele (Semele) corrugata, Semele (Semele) decisa, Semele (Semele) gayi, Semele (Semele) pulchra, Semele (Semele) rubropicta, Semele (Semele) solida, Semele (Semele) sowerbyi
Type specimen: UCMP 11102. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2991 - Zapato Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 2991 - Zapato Creek
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