Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative combination: Semele ashleyi
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1972. The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California (Paleontology: Pelecypoda). San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 2(B):135-411
Belongs to Semele (Semele) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Coan et al. 2000 and Hertlein and Grant 1972
Sister taxa: 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, Semele (Semele) sowerbyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is LACMIP loc305C, south of Tia Juana River, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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