The Semelidae are a
family
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of saltwater
clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...
s,
marine bivalve molluscs in the order
Cardiida
Cardiida is an order of bivalves belonging to the class Bivalvia.
Families:
* Cardiidae
* Donacidae
* Ephippiodontidae
* Ferganoconchidae
* Glaucomyidae
* Goniocardiidae
* Icanotiidae
* Lahillidae
* Limnocyrenidae
* Lutetidae
* Psammob ...
.
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
The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. Commonly known as tellins or tellens, they live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sedime ...
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.
Selected genera
Genera of Semelidae (with some notable species also listed) include:
ITIS
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*'' Abra'' Lamarck
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, 1818
**'' Abra aequalis'' (Say
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, 1822)
**''Abra alba
''Abra alba'', or the white furrow shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the Family (biology), family Semelidae. It occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where it lives on the floor in shallow areas buried in so ...
'' (Wood W., 1802)
**''Abra californica
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* Abra, Burkina Faso
* Abra, Ivory Coast
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** Abra's at-large congressional district
** Legislative district of Abra
* Abra de Ilog, a municipality of Occidental Mindoro ...
'' Kundsen, 1970
**''Abra lioica
Abra may refer to:
Places
* Abra, Burkina Faso
* Abra, Ivory Coast
* Abra (province), a province of the Philippines
** Abra's at-large congressional district
** Legislative district of Abra
* Abra de Ilog, a municipality of Occidental Mindo ...
'' ( Dall, 1881)
**''Abra longicallis
Abra may refer to:
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'' Sacchi, 1836
**''Abra nitida
Abra may refer to:
Places
* Abra, Burkina Faso
* Abra, Ivory Coast
* Abra (province), a province of the Philippines
** Abra's at-large congressional district
** Legislative district of Abra
* Abra de Ilog, a municipality of Occidental Mindoro ...
'' (O. F. Mueller, 1776)
**''Abra pacifica
Abra may refer to:
Places
* Abra, Burkina Faso
* Abra, Ivory Coast
* Abra (province), a province of the Philippines
** Abra's at-large congressional district
** Legislative district of Abra
* Abra de Ilog, a municipality of Occidental Mindoro ...
'' Dall, 1915
**''Abra prismatica
''Abra prismatica'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Semelidae. It occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, where it lives on the seabed, in shallow areas buried in soft sediment.
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**''Abra profundorum
Abra may refer to:
Places
* Abra, Burkina Faso
* Abra, Ivory Coast
* Abra (province), a province of the Philippines
** Abra's at-large congressional district
** Legislative district of Abra
* Abra de Ilog, a municipality of Occidental Mindoro ...
'' E. A. Smith, 1885
**'' Abra tenuis'' ( Montagu, 1818)
**'' Abra tepocana'' Dall, 1915
*'' Argyrodonax'' Dall, 1911
*'' 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''
*'' Iacra'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
*'' Leptomya'' A. Adams, 1864
**'' Leptomya retiara aucklandica'' Powell
**'' Leptomya retiara retiara'' ( Hutton, 1885)
*'' Leptomyaria'' Habe, 1960
*'' Lonoa'' Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
*'' Montrouzieria'' Souverbie, 1863
*'' Rochefortina'' Dall, 1924
*'' Scrobicularia'' Schumacher, 1815
**''Scrobicularia plana
''Scrobicularia plana'', the peppery furrow shell, is a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Semelidae.
Taxonomy
Although ''Scrobicularia plana'' is the only species currently recognized by ITIS in the genus ''Scrobicularia''; World Regist ...
'' – Peppery furrow shell
*''Semele
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'' 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 Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
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People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791)
**'' Semele rubicola'' Dall, 1915
**'' Semele rubropicta'' Dall, 1871
**'' Semele rupicola'' Dall, 1915
**'' Semele venusta'' ( Reeve, 1853)
*'' Semelina'' Dall, 1900
**'' Semelina nuculoides'' ( Conrad, 1841)
*''† Septeuilia'' Cossmann, 1913
*'' Souleyetia'' Récluz, 1869
*''Theora
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'' H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856
**'' Theora lubrica'' Gould
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, 1861
**'' Theora mesopotamica'' Annandale 1918
*'' Thyellisca'' H. E. Vokes, 1956
References
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Bivalve families
Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka