Semele bellastriata
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Semelidae
- Genus: Semele
- Species: Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
- Common Name: Cancellate semele
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to Virginia.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1837, p. 239-240):
"Shell elliptical, compressed; anterior margin very regularly rounded; posterior side with a slight fold; disk with numerous prominent not very regular concentric striae, and obscure radiating lines, which are profound near the anterior and posterior extremities; beaks rather nearer the posterior extremity; lateral teeth prominent, distinct in both valves; margin entire.
Inhabits Mobile Point, Alabama. Occurs sparingly in the Newer pliocene marl, near Newbern, N. C."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation? (N. FL)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Bermont Formation? (S. FL)
- Canepatch Formation (SC)
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Caloosahatchee Formation (N. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
- Waccamaw Formation (Upper) (NC)
- Late Pliocene
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
- Yorktown Formation (VA)
