Subgenus (Semele) C. F. Schumacher, 1817

(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-0-0-0-0)

bellastriata [bellestriata] (T. A. Conrad, 1837)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-1-0-0-0)
Cancellate Semele
Ref. Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. Semele cancellata (A. d'Orbigny, 1842);
Semele lata Bush, 1885 [not A. Adams, 1855];
Semele nexilis A. A. Gould, 1862
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512 bw
Syn. Semele (Semele) donovani T. L. McGinty, 1955
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c

Form donovani T. L. McGinty, 1955
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-1-0-1-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512 bw

bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-2-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) striosum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) ventricosum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Semele (Semele) fucata O. A. L. Morch, 1860
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Keen, 1971 p 250 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) bicolor C. B. Adams, 1852;
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) striosum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) ventricosum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Semele (Semele) fucata O. A. L. Morch, 1860
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

californica ex A. Adams, ms, L. A. Reeve, 1853
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-3-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) flavescens (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513
Keen, 1971 p 250 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) californica L. A. Reeve, 1853
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

clydosa F. R. Bernard, 1983
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-4-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) punctatum G. B. Sowerby, 1833, not Amphidesma punctata T. Say, 1822
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

? cordiformis (J. S. Holten, 1803)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-5-0-0-0)
Heart-shaped Semele
Syn. Semele (Semele) sinensis L. A. Reeve
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c

corrugata [corrugatum] (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-6-0-0-0)
Corrugate Semele
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Keen, 1971 p 250 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) corrugatum G. B. Sowerby, 1833
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

craneana L. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-7-0-0-0)
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46
Keen, 1971 p 250 bw

crenulata (G. B. Sowerby, 1853)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-8-0-0-0)
Rough Semele
Syn. Semele (Semele) scabra S. C. T. Hanley, 1856
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c

decisa [decisum] (T. A. Conrad, 1837)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-9-0-0-0)
Bark Semele, Clipped Semele
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513 bw d
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Keen, 1971 p 253
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) decisum T. A. Conrad, 1837;
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) rubrolineata T. A. Conrad, 1837;
Semele (Semele) dehiscens (Hartmann, 1963);
Semele (Semele) rubrotincta ex T. A. Conrad, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

dehiscens (Hartmann, 1963)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-10-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) dicisa (T. A. Conrad, 1837)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

donovani T. L. McGinty, 1955
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-11-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) dicisa bellastriata (T. A. Conrad, 1837)]
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350

elliptica [ellipticum] (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-12-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 250 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) ellipticum G. B. Sowerby, 1833, not C. L. Koch & W. Dunker, 1837
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

flavescens (A. A. Gould, 1851)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-13-0-0-0)
Yellowish Semele
Syn. Semele (Semele) dicisa californica L. A. Reeve, 1853;
Semele (Semele) dicisa proxima (C. B. Adams, 1853)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) proximum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Amphidesma (Semele) flavescens A. A. Gould, 1851
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Amphidesma proximum C. B. Adams, 1852
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 250 bw

floreanensis T. Soot-Ryen, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-14-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) rupium (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 255

formosa [formosum] (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-15-0-0-0)
Beautiful Semele
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Keen, 1971 p 251 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) formosum G. B. Sowerby, 1833
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

fucata O. A. L. Morch, 1860
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-16-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Bernard, 1983 p 46
Keen, 1971 p 250

guaymasensis H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-17-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 251 bw

incongrua (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-18-0-0-0)
Incongruous Semele
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514 d
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. Semele (Semele) pulchra montereyi R. Arnold, 1903
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

Form montereyi R. Arnold, 1903
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-18-0-1-0)
[may be a subspecies]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514

jaramija H. A. Pilsbry & A. A. Olsson, 1941
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-19-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) pacifica W. H. Dall, 1915]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513
Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 251

jovis (L. A. Reeve, 1853)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-20-0-0-0)
Syn. ? Tellina (Tellina) barbarae L. Boone, 1928
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Keen, 1971 p 251 bw c
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) jovis L. A. Reeve, 1853;
? Tellina (Merisca) lamellata P. P. Carpenter, 1857;
Tellina (Tellina) barbarae L. Boone, 1928
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

junonia (A. E. Verrill, 1870)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-21-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) rosea (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) rosea authors [not G. B. Sowerby, 1833]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. "Amphidesma rosea Sowerby" of L. A. Reeve, 1863, not G. B. Sowerby, 1833
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 251 bw c

laevis (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-22-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 251 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) laevis G. B. Sowerby, 1833
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

lenticularis (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-23-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 251 bw

lirulata W. H. Dall, 1900
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-24-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semelina) nuculoides (T. A. Conrad, 1841)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514

margarita A. A. Olsson, 1961
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-25-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) verrucosa O. A. L. Morch, 1860]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 255

mediamericana H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-26-0-0-0)
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
[=Semele (Semele) proficua (R. Pulteney, 1799)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512

pacifica W. H. Dall, 1915
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-27-0-0-0)
Syn. Semele (Semele) jaramija H. A. Pilsbry & A. A. Olsson, 1941
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513
Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 251 c

pallida [pallidum] (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-28-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 253 bw
Syn. Semele (Semele) paziana L. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949;
Semele (Semele) regularis W. H. Dall, 1915;
Semele (Semele) simplicissima H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) pallidum G. B. Sowerby, 1833
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

paziana L. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-29-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) pallida (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Syn. Semele (Semele) regularis W. H. Dall, 1915 [not Semele (Abra) regularis E. A. Smith, 1885];
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Semele (Semele) regularis W. H. Dall, 1915 [not E. A. Smith, 1885]
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 253 bw

pilsbryi A. A. Olsson, 1961
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-30-0-0-0)
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 253 bw

planata P. P. Carpenter, 1856
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-31-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) tortuosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 255

proficua (R. Pulteney, 1799) [T]
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-32-0-0-0)
Atlantic Semele, White Atlantic Semele
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. Semele (Semele) mediamericana H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512

Form radiata (T. Say, 1826)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-32-0-1-0 )
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512

proxima (C. B. Adams, 1853)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-39-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) flavescens (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513

pulchra [pulchrum] (W. J. Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1832)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-40-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) pulchrum W. J. Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1832;
Semele (Semele) quentinensis W. H. Dall, 1921
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

pulchra (G. B. Sowerby, 1832)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-41-0-0-0)
Beautiful Semele

Ref. Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. ? Semele (Semele) quentinensis W. H. Dall, 1921
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514 d
Keen, 1971 p 253 bw

montereyi R. Arnold, 1903
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-41-1-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) incongrua P. P. Carpenter, 1864]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

punctata (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-42-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 253 bw

purpurascens (J. F. Gmelin, 1791)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-43-0-0-0)
Purplish American Semele, Purplish Semele
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512 bw
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43

quentinensis W. H. Dall, 1921
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-44-0-0-0)
[?=Semele (Semele) pulchra (G. B. Sowerby, 1832)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Keen, 1971 p 253
[=Semele (Semele) pulchra (W. J. Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1832)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

regularis W. H. Dall, 1915 [not Semele (Abra) regularis E. A. Smith, 1885]
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-45-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) pallida (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
[=Semele (Semele) paziana L. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 253

rosea (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-46-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 253
Syn. Semele (Semele) junonia A. E. Verrill, 1870;
Semele (Semele) tabogensis H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) roseum G. B. Sowerby, 1833;
Semele (Semele) tabogensis H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

rosea (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-46-1-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 253 bw

tabogensis H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-46-2-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw d

rubropicta W. H. Dall, 1871
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-47-0-0-0)
Rose-painted Semele, Rose Petal Semele

Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513 bw d
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) rubrolineatum authors [not T. A. Conrad, 1837]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

rubrotincta ex T. A. Conrad, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1857
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-48-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) dicisa (T. A. Conrad, 1837)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 46

rupicola W. H. Dall, 1915
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-49-0-0-0)
Rock Semele, Rock-dwelling Semele
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 513 bw d
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 43
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) rupium authors [not G. B. Sowerby, 1931]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

rupium (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-50-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphicola) rupium G. B. Sowerby, 1833;
Semele (Semele) floreanensis T. Soot-Ryen, 1931
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Semele (Semele) floreanensis T. Soot-Ryen, 1932
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw

scabra S. C. T. Hanley, 1856
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-51-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) crenulata (G. B. Sowerby, 1853)]
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350

simplicissima H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-52-0-0-0)
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 255 d
[=Semele (Semele) pallida (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514

sinensis L. A. Reeve
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-53-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) cordiformis (J. S. Holten, 1803)]
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350

solida (J. E. Gray, 1828)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-54-0-0-0)
Solid Semele
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 350 c
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) croceum A. A. Gould, 1850;
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) orbiculare authors [not L. H. Hupe in Gay, 1854];
Amphidesma (Amphidesma) solida J. E. Gray, 1828;
Semele (Semele) sparsilineata authors [not W. H. Dall, 1915]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1912
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-55-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) purpurascens G. B. Sowerby, 1833, not Venus purpurascens J. F. Gmelin, 1791
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Keen, 1971 p 255 bw

sparsilineata authors [not W. H. Dall, 1915]
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-56-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) solida (J. E. Gray, 1828)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

sparsilineata W. H. Dall, 1915
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-57-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 512
Keen, 1971 p 255 bw

tabogensis H. A. Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-58-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) rosea (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Bernard, 1983 p 47

tortuosa [tortuosum] (C. B. Adams, 1852)
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-59-0-0-0)
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) tortuosum C. B. Adams, 1852;
Semele (Semele) planata P. P. Carpenter, 1856
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Semele (Semele) planata P. P. Carpenter, 1856
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw

venusta ex A. Adams, ms, L. A. Reeve, 1853
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-60-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw
Syn. Amphidesma (Amphidesma) venusta L. A. Reeve, 1853
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47

verrucosa of authors [not O. A. L. Morch, 1860]
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-61-0-0-0)
[=Semele (Semele) verruculastra A. M. Keen, 1966]
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255

verrucosa O. A. L. Morch, 1860
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-62-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 514
Syn. Semele (Amphidesma) verrucosa O. A. L. Morch, 1869;
Semele (Semele) margarita A. A. Olsson, 1961
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Semele (Semele) margarita A. A. Olsson, 1961
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw

verruculastra A. M. Keen, 1966
(3-4-4-0-24-10-2-38-3-63-0-0-0)
Syn. Semele (Amphidesma) verrucosa authors [not O. A. L. Morch, 1860]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 47
Syn. Semele (Semele) verrucosa of authors [not O. A. L. Morch, 1860]
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 255 bw