Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Cardiida |
| Family: Semelidae |
| Genus: Semele |
| Species: Semele rosea (Sowerby I, 1833) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon] |
| Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy:
Previously listed as Semele leana on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Dall, 1898, p. 992):
“Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie River and Shell Creek, Florida; Ball and Willcox.
Shell large, moderately inflated, somewhat inequilateral, the anterior end longer, nearly equivalve; anterior end evenly rounded, base evenly arcuate, posterior end blunt, subtruncate, short; lunule narrow, longer on the left valve, the right valve-margin encroaching on the hinge-line in the lunular region; sculpture of feeble, flattened, small radial threads and numerous evenly distributed, rather high, concentric lamellae, those on the posterior dorsal areas lower and forming an obtuse angle where they pass on to the disk; the edges of the lamellae are more or less minutely crenulated by the radial sculpture; hinge normal, pit rather large, pallial sinus large, rounded, ascending, free from the pallial line except at junction. Lon. of average specimen 54, alt. 44, diam. 18 mm. An exceptionally large valve measures Ion. 63, alt. 52, diam. (double) 22 mm.
This extremely fine shell is of the same general type as S. perlamellosa, but of different outline and proportions, as the figures show very well. It is one of the most characteristic shells of the Florida Pliocene and is not exactly represented by any of the recent species of the coast so far discovered. It is named in honor of the late Dr. Isaac Lea, one of the earliest, most careful and thorough workers on our Tertiary Paleontology.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
This species was originally named by Dall (1892) without a written description or figure.
References: n/a
Online resources:
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on September 10, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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