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Semele linosa ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157560https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157560
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : Semele : Semele linosa
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusSemeleSchumacher 1817
speciesSemele linosa(Conrad 1833)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Semele linosaspeciesbelongs to AmphidesmaimpliedConrad, 1833
Semele linosaspeciesbelongs to SyndosmyaimpliedConrad, 1854
Semele linosaspeciesbelongs to Semelestated without evidenceHarris, 1919
Semele linosaspeciesbelongs to Semelestated with evidenceBrann and Kent, 1960
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Semele)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Semele)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Semele linosa claibornensis ✝
subspecies
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Amphidesma linosa Conrad p. 42
1854Syndosmya linosa Conrad p. 29
1919Semele linosa Harris p. 171
1960Semele linosa Brann and Kent p. 790

References

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1965) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 1-471
Harris G. D. (1919) Pelecypoda of the St. Maurice and Claiborne stages, Bulletins of American Paleontology 6 31, 1-208
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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