Range: 35°N to 15°S; 92.1°W to 16°W Depth: 3.5 to 90 m (live 7 to 11 m) Maximum Reported Size: 24.2 mm
Synonymy
Amphidesma bellastriatum Conrad, 1837 Venus antillarum d'Orbigny, 1853 Amphidesma cancellatum d'Orbigny, 1853 Semele lata auct. non A. Adams, 1855 Semele nexilis Gould, 1862 Semele donovani McGinty, 1955
Details
Amphidesma bellastriataConrad, 1837, p. 239-240, pl. 20, fig. 4 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Mobile Point, Alabama; newer Pliocene marl, Newbern, North Carolina Range: 35°N to 15°S; 92.1°W to 32.3°W Depth: 7 to 90 m (live 7 to 11 m) Maximum Reported Size: 24.2 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Alabama, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Bermuda References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) d; Rice & Kornicker (1965) W; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Lyons (1989b) LM
Venus antillarumd'Orbigny, 1853, p. 278, pl. 26, figs. 41-43 [Synonymy uncertain] Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842) Type Locality: Florida, Cuba, Martinique, Saint-Thomas, and Jamaica Range: 25°N to 14.8°N; 80°W to 16°W Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm Distribution: USA: Florida; Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Martinique
Semele bellestriata sic, [Not available]
Amphidesma cancellatad'Orbigny, 1853, p. 241, pl. 25, figs. 42-44 [Synonym] Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842) Type Locality: Guadeloupe and Martinique Range: 16.5°N to 14.8°N; 61.5°W to 61°W Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm Distribution: Guadeloupe, Martinique References: d'Orbigny (1853) M; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Semele bellestriata donovaniMcGinty, 1955, p. 83, pl. 2, fig. 14 [Synonym] Type Locality: Off peanut Island, near the North Inlet in lake Worth, Florida, 2 fathoms Range: 26.77°N to 11.4°N; 80.05°W to 63.12°W Depth: 3.5 to 37 m Maximum Reported Size: 14.4 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida References: McGinty (1955) DdNWM; Macsotay & Campos (2001) SE
Semele lata auct. non A. Adams, 1855, [Not available] References: Abbott (1974) s Comments: Misidentification by Bush (1885).
Semele nexilis Gould, 1862, [Synonym]
Partial List of References
Conrad, T. A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 227-268, pls. 17-20. [Stated date: -- Feb 1837.] d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?. McGinty, T. L. 1955. New marine mollusks from Florida Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 107 75-85, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 23 Nov 1955.]