WoRMS taxon details
Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)
Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825 · unaccepted (invalid under ICZN Art. 40.2)
Lavignonidae Récluz, 1869 · unaccepted
Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scrobiculariinae H. et A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Abra Lamarck, 1818
- Genus Argyrodonax Dall, 1911
- Genus Cumingia G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
- Genus Ervilia W. Turton, 1822
- Genus Iacra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
- Genus Leptomya A. Adams, 1864
- Genus Leptomyaria Habe, 1960
- Genus Lonoa Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Genus Montrouzieria Souverbie, 1863
- Genus Rochefortina Dall, 1924
- Genus Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815
- Genus Semele Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Semelina Dall, 1900
- Genus Theora H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
- Genus Thyellisca H. E. Vokes, 1956
- Genus Abrina T. Habe, 1952 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Semele Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lavignon A. d'Orbigny, 1845 accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815
- Genus Lavignonus A. Férussac, 1822 accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815
- Genus Ligula Montagu, 1808 accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Listera W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Lutricularia Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
- Genus Martinea Da Costa MS [sic] accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815 (unaccepted > unavailable name, introduced in synonymy and not used as valid before 1960)
- Genus Orixa Leach, 1852 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Strigillina Dunker, 1861 accepted as Iacra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 (synonym)
- Genus Syndesmya [sic] accepted as Syndosmya Récluz, 1843 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Syndosmya Récluz, 1843 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
- Genus Thyella H. Adams, 1866 accepted as Thyellisca H. E. Vokes, 1956 (invalid: Invalid: junior homonym of Thyella Wallengren, 1858 [Lepidoptera] and Thyella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 [Diptera]; Thyellisca is a replacement name.)
- Genus Semelidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae [details]
page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae [details]
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a...
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1781 on 2024-08-19
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original description
Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae [details]
original description (of Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 408 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculariinae H. et A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 408 [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]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 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. [details]
page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae [details]
original description (of Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 408 [details]
original description (of Scrobiculariinae H. et A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 408 [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]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 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. [details]
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825]. [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scrobiculariidae) (from synonym Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semelidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scrobiculariidae) (from synonym Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semelidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS