MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Semele Schumacher, 1817

ERMS taxon details

Semele Schumacher, 1817

AphiaID

138476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138476)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)

Original name

Semele Schumacher, 1817

Synonymised names

Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 · alternative representation

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Species Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
Subgenus Semele (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Abra Lamarck, 1818
1. 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 superseded combination)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
1. 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

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 53, 165 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 2025-11-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Semele Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138476 on 2025-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-09-22 18:52:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-07-17 09:52:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-11 08:57:20Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. 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). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 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). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 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. Revista peruana de biología. 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]

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