Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Semele according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: Semele (Amphidesma), Semele (Elegantula), Semele (Semele), Semele anteriocosta, Semele australina, Semele bellastriata, Semele bolivarensis, Semele carinata, Semele casta, Semele chipolana, Semele claytoni, Semele diaboli, Semele flavescens, Semele hanleyi, Semele harveyensis, Semele junonia, Semele krauseana, Semele laevis, Semele linosa, Semele mekranica, Semele montesanoensis, Semele morani, Semele nelliana, Semele orbiculata, Semele paramutica, Semele perlamellosa, Semele proficua, Semele purpurascens, Semele radiata, Semele reagani, Semele sardonica, Semele sayi, Semele sparsilineata, Semele striosa, Semele subovata, Semele sylviaensis, Semele transversa, Semele vancouverensis, Semele vesiculosa, Semele willamettensis, Semele zuliana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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