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Semelidae

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Description

The Semelidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semelidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6845	https://www.gbif.org/species/6845
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62214	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62214

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Semelidae	Stoliczka 1870

Scientific Name

Semelidae

Name Published In

Stoliczka F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. [in] T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic reamins prcured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. pp. i-xxii, 1-537, pl. 1-50 [ pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 (1871)].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Semelidae	family	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg et al., 2006
Semelidae	family	belongs to Scrobicularioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Semelidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

110

Extant Size (PBDB)

51 (46%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Common Name(s)

Dunschalen, アサジガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semelidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Scrobiculariinae family	listed (PBDB)		6	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Erviliinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Semelinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Abra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Abra	327	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Argyrodonax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cumingia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		68	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ervilia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		252	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Iacra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lavignonus genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Leptomya genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptomyaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ligula genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lonoa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montrouzieria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rochefortina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scrobicularia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Semele genus	listed (PBDB)		404	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Semele genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Semelina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Theora genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Thyellisca genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Scrobiculariidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Scrobiculariidae
Lavignonidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Lavignonidae
Amphidesmatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Amphidesmatidae
Scrobiculariinae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Scrobiculariinae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Amphidesmatidae Latreille
1869	Lavignonidae Récluz
1870	Semelidae Stoliczka
1904	Semelidae Glenn p. 293
1923	Semelidae Clark and Arnold p. 151
1980	Semelidae Vokes p. 151

Year	Name and Author
1987	Semelidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2000	Semelidae Coan et al. p. 259
2006	Semelidae Rosenberg et al.
2009	Semelidae Nevesskaja
2010	Semelidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Semelidae Carter et al. p. 16

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Rosenberg G., Ponder W., et al (2006) A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks doi:http://data.acnatsci.org/obis

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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