# Semele (bivalve)

Semele is a genus of molluscs of the family Semelidae described in 1817 by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher.

## Species

* Semele amabilis (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele barbarae (Boone, 1928)
* Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
* Semele bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Semele californica (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele capensis E. A. Smith, 1904
* Semele carnicolor (Hanley, 1845)
* Semele casali Doello-Jurado, 1949
* Semele casta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele compta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
* Semele corrugata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele craneana Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949
* Semele crenulata (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele decisa (Conrad, 1837)
* Semele duplicata (G. B. Sowerby I in Reeve, 1853)
* Semele elliptica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele exarata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* Semele flavescens (Gould, 1851)
* Semele formosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele gruneri (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele hanleyi Angas, 1879
* Semele hedlandi M. Huber, 2010
* Semele iscovichorum Valentich-Scott, Coan & Zelaya, 2020
* Semele jamesi Coan, 1988
* Semele jovis (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele jucunda (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele laevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele lamellosa (G. B. Sowerby I in Reeve, 1853)
* Semele lamyi Nicklès, 1955
* Semele lenticularis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele martinii (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele modesta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele natalensis M. Huber, 2010
* † Semele neuvillei Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909
* Semele pallida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele phryne Angas, 1879
* Semele pilsbryi Olsson, 1961
* Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
* Semele pulchra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
* Semele radiata (Say, 1826)
* Semele rosea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele rubropicta Dall, 1871
* Semele rupicola Dall, 1915
* Semele rupium (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele scabra (Hanley, 1843)
* Semele solida (J. E. Gray, 1828)
* Semele sowerbyi Tryon, 1869
* Semele tortuosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Semele trindadis Simone, 2021
* Semele venusta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele verrucosa Mörch, 1860
* Semele vestalis (A. Adams in Reeve, 1853)
* Semele zalosa Chesney & P. G. Oliver, 1994
* Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843)

### Synonyms

* Semele ada A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Myrtea ada (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (original combination)
* Semele alveata Gould, 1861: synonym of Semele carnicolor (Hanley, 1845)
* Semele amoena (Reeve, 1853): synonym of Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
* Semele aphrodite Angas, 1879: synonym of Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
* Semele ashleyi Hertlein & Grant, 1972: synonym of Semele rubropicta Dall, 1871
* Semele aspasia Angas, 1879: synonym of Semele carnicolor (Hanley, 1845)
* Semele aurora Tursch & Pierret, 1964: synonym of Semele martinii (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele brambleyae Powell, 1967: synonym of Semele vestalis (A. Adams in Reeve, 1853) (Single New Zealand specimen presumably introduced)
* Semele braziliensis E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
* Semele carolinensis Conrad, 1867: synonym of Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
* Semele clydosa Bernard, 1983: synonym of Semele sowerbyi Tryon, 1869
* Semele crenata A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Semele crenulata (Reeve, 1853) (junior synonym)
* Semele duplicata Gould, 1861: synonym of Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843)
* Semele exigua H. Adams, 1862: synonym of Abra exigua (H. Adams, 1862) (original combination)
* Semele fazisa Gregorio, 1884: synonym of Semele striata (Reeve, 1853): synonym of Cumingia deshayesiana Vaillant, 1865
* Semele floreanensis Soot-Ryen, 1932: synonym of Semele rupium (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele fucata Mörch, 1861: synonym of Semele bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Semele gouldi Tryon, 1869: synonym of Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843)
* Semele gratiosa Reeve, 1853: synonym of Semele zebuensis (Hanley, 1843) (introduced in synonymy)
* Semele guaymasensis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Semele hanleyi Angas, 1879
* Semele hertleini Durham, 1950: synonym of Semele verrucosa Mörch, 1860
* Semele incongrua Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Semele venusta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele infans E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Abra infans (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
* Semele jaramija Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941: synonym of Semele verrucosa Mörch, 1860
* Semele junonia Verrill, 1870: synonym of Semele rosea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele lata Bush, 1885: synonym of Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
* † Semele leana Dall, 1900: synonym of Semele rosea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele macandreae H. Adams, 1870: synonym of Semele striata (Reeve, 1853): synonym of Cumingia deshayesiana Vaillant, 1865
* Semele margarita Olsson, 1961: synonym of Semele verrucosa Mörch, 1860
* Semele mediamericana Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
* Semele modesta A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Semele modesta (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele monilis Tate, 1891: synonym of Semele jucunda (Reeve, 1853)
* Semele nexilis Gould, 1862: synonym of Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
* Semele nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776): synonym of Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* Semele nuculoidea: synonym of Semelina nuculoides (Conrad in Hodge, 1841) (misspelling)
* Semele obliqua (Wood, 1815): synonym of Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
* Semele ornata Gould, 1862: synonym of Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
* Semele pacifica Dall, 1915: synonym of Semele verrucosa Mörch, 1860
* Semele paziana Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949: synonym of Semele pallida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele philippinensis E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
* Semele piperata (Poiret, 1789): synonym of Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
* Semele planata Carpenter, 1856: synonym of Semele tortuosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Semele profundorum E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
* Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Nicklès, 1950: synonym of Semele lamyi Nicklès, 1955
* Semele quentinensis Dall, 1921: synonym of Semele pulchra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele radiata (Reeve, 1853): synonym of Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802) (junior homonym)
* Semele regularis Dall, 1915: synonym of Semele pallida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (invalid: junior homonym of Semele regularis E.A. Smith, 1885; S. paziana is a replacement name)
* Semele regularis E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Abra regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
* Semele reticulata Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
* Semele rubrotincta Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Semele decisa (Conrad, 1837)
* Semele scabra (Hanley, 1843) sensu Bosch & Bosch, 1982: synonym of Semele zalosa Chesney & P. G. Oliver, 1994 (misapplication)
* Semele shoplandi Melvill, 1898: synonym of Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
* Semele simplicissima Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Semele pallida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele sinensis A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)
* Semele sowerbyi Lamy, 1912: synonym of Semele barbarae (Boone, 1928) (invalid: junior homonym of Semele sowerbyi Tryon, 1869)
* Semele sparsilineata Dall, 1915: synonym of Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
* Semele striata (Reeve, 1853): synonym of Cumingia deshayesiana Vaillant, 1865
* Semele tabogensis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Semele rosea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele tita Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938: synonym of Semele australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele uruguayensis Pilsbry, 1897: synonym of Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
* Semele verruculastra Keen, 1966: synonym of Semele formosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* Semele virginiana Meyer, 1888: synonym of Semelina nuculoides (Conrad in Hodge, 1841)
* Semele warburtoni Tenison Woods, 1877: synonym of Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)