Semele (Semele) ashleyi Hertlein and Grant 1972 (clam)

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

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