WoRMS taxon details
Semele vestalis (Reeve, 1853)
722865 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722865)
accepted
Species
Amphidesma vestalis Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphidesma vestalis 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. 6, no. 38 [details]
page(s): pl. 6, no. 38 [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
type locality contained in China Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semele vestalis (Reeve, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722865 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphidesma vestalis 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. 6, no. 38 [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): pl. 6, no. 38 [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
additional source
Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
