Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825) 
AphiaID: 1781

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Tellinoidea

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Tellinoidea
Synonymised taxa		Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 (synonym)
Sources		additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] from synonym: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch dunschalen  [details] Dutch slijkgapers (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Abra Lamarck, 1818 Genus Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815
Environment		marine
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links		To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1781
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2010-07-10 09:41:30Z   changed   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Semelidae. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1781 on 2013-05-21
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