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Semelidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Amphidesmatidae Latreille
1869Lavignonidae Récluz
1870Semelidae Stoliczka
1904Semelidae Glenn p. 293
1923Semelidae Clark and Arnold p. 151
1980Semelidae Vokes p. 151
1987Semelidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2000Semelidae Coan et al. p. 259
2006Semelidae Rosenberg et al.
2009Semelidae Nevesskaja
2010Semelidae Bouchet et al.
2011Semelidae Carter et al. p. 16

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

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.

Fm. Semelidae Stoliczka 1870
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G. Abra Lamarck 1818 [abra]
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Subg. Abra (Abra) Lamarck 1818
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†Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel 1957
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†Abra (Syndosmya) cygnea Jeffery and Tracey 1997
†Syndosmya deltoidea Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya depressa Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya difficialis Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya exilis Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya lamberti Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya macrodonta Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya media Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya obtusa Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya striatula Deshayes 1857
Abra aequalis Say 1822
Abra alba Wood 1802
Abra angulata Holmes 1860
†Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945
†Abra deshayesi Bosquet 1864
†Abra fabalis Wood 1850
†Abra marylandica Glenn 1904
†Abra nitens Lea 1833
†Abra obovalis Wood 1840
†Abra recluzii Deshayes 1857
†Abra suessoniensis Deshayes 1857
Abra uruguayensis Pilsbry 1897
G. Cumingia Sowerby I 1833
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†Cumingia keittensis Harris 1919
Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Cumingia adamsi Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Cumingia coarctata Sowerby 1833 [synonym], Cumingia moulinsii Folin 1867 [synonym], Cumingia trigonularis Sowerby 1833 [synonym]
†Cumingia medialis Conrad 1866
G. Ervilia Turton 1822
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Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803
†Ervilia chipolana Dall 1898
Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858
†Ervilia meyeri Aldrich 1911
Ervilia nitens Montagu 1808
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Invalid names: Ervilia venezuelana Weisbord 1964 [synonym]
†Ervilia oregonensis Dall 1898
†Ervilia planata Dall 1898
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Invalid names: Ervilia rostratula Rehder 1943 [synonym]
†Ervilia triangularis Dall 1898
†Ervilia valhosierr Gardner 1928
G. Leptomya Adams 1864
G. Ligula Montagu 1808
Fm. Scrobiculariinae Adams and Adams 1856
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G. Semele Schumacher 1817
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†Amphidesma profunda Conrad 1893
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Invalid names: Semele incongrua Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Subg. Semele (Semele) Scuhmacher 1817
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†Semele (Semele) ashleyi Hertlein and Grant 1972
†Semele (Semele) fausta Nomland 1917
†Semele (Semele) gayi Arnold 1908
Semele (Semele) pulchra Sowerby I 1832
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Invalid names: Semele quentinensis Dall 1921 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Amphidesma punctatum Sowerby 1833 [replaced]
†Semele anteriocosta Vokes 1938
†Semele australina Harris 1919
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837
†Semele bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Semele carinata Conrad 1830
†Semele casta Adams 1853
†Semele chipolana Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Semele perlamelloides Maury 1910 [synonym], Semele quirosana Hodson 1931 [synonym]
†Semele claytoni Maury 1917
†Semele diaboli Dickerson 1915
†Semele flavescens Gould 1851
Semele hanleyi Angas 1879
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Invalid names: Semele guaymasensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
†Semele harveyensis Mansfield 1932
Semele jaramija Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Semele junonia Verrill 1870
†Semele krauseana Tate 1887
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Erycina turbacoensis Anderson 1929 [synonym]
†Semele linosa Conrad 1833
†Semele mekranica Vredenburg 1928
†Semele montesanoensis Weaver 1912
†Semele morani Anderson and Martin 1914
†Semele nelliana Olsson 1914
†Semele paramutica Gardner 1947
†Semele perlamellosa Heilprin 1887
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799
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Invalid names: Tellina reticulata Spengler 1798 [synonym]
Semele purpurascens Gmelin 1791
Semele radiata Say 1822
†Semele reagani Dickerson 1917
†Semele sardonica Dall 1890
†Semele sayi Toula 1909
†Semele sparsilineata Dall 1915
†Semele subovata Say 1824
†Semele sylviaensis Weaver 1912
†Semele vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Semele vesiculosa Tate 1887
†Semele willamettensis Hickman 1969
†Semele zuliana Hodson 1931
Subfm. Semelinae Stoliczka 1870
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Invalid names: Cumingiinae Stoliczka 1870 [synonym]
G. Theora Adams and A. 1866
Invalid names: Amphidesmatidae Latreille 1825 [synonym], Erviliinae Dall 1895 [empty], Lavignonidae Récluz 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-09-09 13:33:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:34
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (819 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Semelidae indet. (5594 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) Scrobiculabra condamini (8083 8085)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Semele sp. (43761)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Ervilia lignitica (90818 92034 98365) Semele langdoniana, Semele monroensis, Ervilia lignitica (92352)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Abra cygnea (3267) Abra splendens (3260 3268 8025 76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Abra suessoniensis (77608)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abra nitens (83804)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Semele diabloi (200887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Abra sp. (8105)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Abra nitens (1453 205421 205496) Abra sp. (205436 205440 205503)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Abra suessoniensis (77611)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) Abra nitens (1455) Abra sp. (1454)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abra nitens (1435 1441 1443 1444) Abra sp. (1442)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Abra nitens (2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Abra recluzii, Abra deshayesi (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Abra pusilla (177972)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Semele linosa (32901) Semele linosa, Semele australina (52344)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abra nitens (2412) Abra petropolitana (41436)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Abra nitens (1419)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Abra nitens (1283 1286 1287 1288 1290 1293 1423 1424 1430 1432 1433 1434) Abra sp. (1427)