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Semele (Semele) fausta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Semele fausta was named by Nomland (1917). Its type specimen is UCMP 11102 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2991 - Zapato Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Etchegoin Formation of California.

It was recombined as Semele (Semele) fausta by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ferreirae, S. scintillata, S. silicata, S. smithii, S. stearnsii, S. taracodes, S. striulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Semele fausta Nomland p. 233 figs. Plate 9, figures 3, 3a, 3b
2003Semele (Semele) fausta Moore figs. pl. 11, fig. 2

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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
speciesfausta()

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) fausta Nomland 1917
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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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Semele fausta (type locality: 194664)