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Semele (Semele) rubropicta (rose-painted semele)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Semele rubropicta Dall
1950Semele rubropicta Woodring and Bramlette
2000Semele (Semele) rubropicta Coan et al. p. 432
2003Semele (Semele) rubropicta Moore figs. pl. 11, fig. 3
2021Semele (Semele) rubropicta Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusSemeleSchumacher 1817
subgenusSemeleScuhmacher 1817
speciesrubropicta(Dall 1871)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Semele (Semele) rubropicta Dall 1871 [rose-painted semele]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:34:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:34:14
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Semele rubropicta (19676)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Semele rubropicta (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Semele rubropicta (122752 189542 226581)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Semele rubropicta (189765 189768 189769)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Semele rubropicta (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Semele rubropicta (138723 202640 202647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Semele rubropicta (96566 240651)