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Semele laevis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Amphidesma laevis was named by Sowerby (1833) [NOMENCLATURE: Not confidence about original genus assignment.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Semele laevis by Olsson (1922) and Woodring (1982).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Amphidesma laevis Sowerby
1922Semele laevis Olsson p. 258
1929Erycina turbacoensis Anderson p. 163 figs. pl. 22, figs. 9, 10
1982Semele laevis Woodring p. 676

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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
specieslaevis(Sowerby 1833)

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 laevis Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Erycina turbacoensis Anderson 1929 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available