WoRMS taxon details
Semelina Dall, 1900
390988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390988)
accepted
Genus
Amphidesma nuculoides Conrad, 1841 accepted as Semelina nuculoides (Conrad, 1841) (type by original designation)
Semele (Semelina) Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Semele (Semelina) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 986 [details]
page(s): 986 [details]
Taxonomy Suggested to belong in the Tellinidae, subfamily Moerellinae by Huber (2015) but without a discussion; retained in...
Taxonomy Suggested to belong in the Tellinidae, subfamily Moerellinae by Huber (2015) but without a discussion; retained in Semelidae following Coan et al. (2012) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semelina Dall, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390988 on 2025-11-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Semele (Semelina) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 986 [details]
page(s): 986 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Suggested to belong in the Tellinidae, subfamily Moerellinae by Huber (2015) but without a discussion; retained in Semelidae following Coan et al. (2012) [details]
