WoRMS taxon details
Semele venusta (Reeve, 1853)
507311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507311)
accepted
Species
Amphidesma venusta Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Semele (Amphidesma) venusta (Reeve, 1853) · alternative representation
Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted
Semele pulchra var. montereyi Arnold, 1903 · unaccepted
marine
(of Amphidesma venusta Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Amphidesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, October, 1853; pl. 5-7, November, 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120481
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 3. [details]
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 3. [details]
Type locality contained in Colombian part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Colombian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semele venusta (Reeve, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507311 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 611, 640 [details]
original description (of Semele pulchra var. montereyi Arnold, 1903) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Amphidesma venusta Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Amphidesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, October, 1853; pl. 5-7, November, 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120481
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 96. [details]
page(s): 611, 640 [details]
original description (of Semele pulchra var. montereyi Arnold, 1903) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Amphidesma venusta Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Amphidesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, October, 1853; pl. 5-7, November, 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120481
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 96. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Semele incongrua Lectotype USNM 663888) (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Semele incongrua Lectotype USNM 663888) (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Semele incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
