Semele (Semele) gayi Arnold 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Alternative combination: Semele gayi

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Semele (Semele) according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Arnold 1908

Sister taxa: Semele (Semele) ashleyi, Semele (Semele) californica, Semele (Semele) calliconcinnata, Semele (Semele) corrugata, Semele (Semele) decisa, Semele (Semele) fausta, Semele (Semele) pulchra, Semele (Semele) rubropicta, Semele (Semele) solida, Semele (Semele) sowerbyi

Type specimen: USNM 165435, a valve (imperfect valve)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Semele (Semele) gayi in the database

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