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Family of bivalves
The Semelidae are a
family of saltwater
clams ,
marine
bivalve
molluscs in the order
Cardiida .
Description
Members of this family have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by an internal ligament in contrast to the closely related family
Tellinidae where the ligament is external. The two separate siphons are very long, sometimes several times the length of the shell. These siphons have a characteristic cruciform muscle at their base.
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Selected genera
Genera of Semelidae (with some notable species also listed) include:
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Abra
Lamarck , 1818
Abra aequalis (
Say , 1822)
Abra alba (Wood W., 1802)
Abra californica Kundsen, 1970
Abra lioica (
Dall , 1881)
Abra longicallis Sacchi, 1836
Abra nitida (O. F. Mueller, 1776)
Abra pacifica
Dall , 1915
Abra prismatica
Abra profundorum E. A. Smith, 1885
Abra tenuis (
Montagu , 1818)
Abra tepocana
Dall , 1915
Argyrodonax Dall, 1911
Cumingia G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Ervilia
Turton , 1822
Iacra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
Leptomya
A. Adams , 1864
Leptomyaria Habe, 1960
Lonoa Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Montrouzieria Souverbie, 1863
Rochefortina Dall, 1924
Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815
Semele Schumacher, 1817
Semele bellastriata (
Conrad , 1837)
Semele brambleyae (
Powell , 1967)
Semele decisa (
Conrad , 1837)
Semele incongrua
Carpenter , 1864
Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
Semele pulchra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Semele purpurascens (
Gmelin , 1791)
Semele rubicola
Dall , 1915
Semele rubropicta
Dall , 1871
Semele rupicola
Dall , 1915
Semele venusta (
Reeve , 1853)
Semelina
Dall , 1900
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Septeuilia Cossmann, 1913
Souleyetia Récluz, 1869
Theora
H. Adams and
A. Adams , 1856
Thyellisca H. E. Vokes, 1956
References
^ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London
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