NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Semelidae
  Superfamily - Tellinoidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Semele rubropicta
      Species - Semele bellastriata
      Species - Semele proficua
      Species - Semele purpurascens
      Species - Semele decisa
      Species - Semele rupicola
      Species - Semele incongrua
      Species - Semele pulchra
      Species - Semele rubicola
      Species - Semele venusta