ERMS taxon details
Semele Schumacher, 1817
138476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138476)
accepted
Genus
Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 · alternative representation
- Species Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
- Subgenus Semele (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818
- Species Semele (Abra) profundorum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Semele (Syndosmya) Récluz, 1843 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818
- Species Semele (Syndosmya) nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Semele nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Semele piperata (Poiret, 1789) accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Semele sinensis A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
- Species Semele striata (Reeve, 1853) accepted as Cumingia deshayesiana Vaillant, 1865 (secondary junior homonym of Cumingia striata A. Adams, 1850)
- Subgenus Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Semele Schumacher, 1817
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 53, 165 [details]
page(s): 53, 165 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semele Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138476 on 2025-05-19
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Semele Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138476 on 2025-05-19
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original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 53, 165 [details]
original description (of Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 489-490 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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. [details]
page(s): 53, 165 [details]
original description (of Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 489 [details]
original description (of Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 489-490 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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. [details]



