Semelidae
The Semelidae are a family of clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.
Characteristics
Menbers 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.[1]
Genera
Genera and species recognised in the ITIS Standard Report:[2]
- 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
- Cumingia G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
- Cumingia californica Conrad, 1837
- Cumingia coarctata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
- Cumingia tellinoides (Conrad, 1831)
- Ervilia Turton, 1822
- Ervilia bisculpta Gould, 1861
- Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
- Ervilia concentrica (Holmes, 1860)
- Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808)
- Ervilia producta Odhner, 1922
- Ervilia purpurea (Smith, 1906)
- Ervilia scaliola
- Leptomya A. Adams, 1864
- Leptomya retiara aucklandica Powell
- Leptomya retiara retiara (Hutton, 1885)
- 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
- Semelina nuculoides (Conrad, 1841)
- Theora H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856
- Theora lubrica Gould, 1861
- Theora mesopotamica Annandale 1918
References
- ^ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London
- ^ ITIS