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WoRMS taxon details

Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843)

AphiaID

507297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507297)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Semele Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843

Synonymised names

Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Semele duplicata A. A. Gould, 1861 · unaccepted

Semele gouldi Tryon, 1869 · unaccepted

Semele gratiosa Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (introduced in synonymy)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846].
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 7 [details]

(of Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843) Hanley S.C.T. (1842-1843). Illustrated, enlarged and English edition of Lamarck's species of shells .... forming the third edition of the Index Testaceologicus. London: Wood. 224+8+[3]+8 pp., 3 pls. [pp. 1-32. pl. 1-2. late 1842; pp. 11-32 [reissue], 33-144, early 1843; pp. 145-224 +8+[3]+8 pp., pl. 3, late 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16229395
page(s): 6 [plate explanation] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507297 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2013-04-10 20:28:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Semele duplicata A. A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 382-389, 400 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249942
page(s): Vol. 8: 27. [details]

original description (of Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846].
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Amphidesma zebuense Hanley, 1843) Hanley S.C.T. (1842-1843). Illustrated, enlarged and English edition of Lamarck's species of shells .... forming the third edition of the Index Testaceologicus. London: Wood. 224+8+[3]+8 pp., 3 pls. [pp. 1-32. pl. 1-2. late 1842; pp. 11-32 [reissue], 33-144, early 1843; pp. 145-224 +8+[3]+8 pp., pl. 3, late 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16229395
page(s): 6 [plate explanation] [details]

original description (of Semele gratiosa Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1853). Monograph of the genus Amphidesma. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, October, 1853; pl. 5-7, November, 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120481 [details]

original description (of Semele gouldi Tryon, 1869) Tryon, G. W. (1869). Catalogue of the Family Tellinidae. American Journal of Conchology. Appendix to Vol. 4: 72-126. [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]