SEMELIDAE Stoliczka, 1870

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 776-777

Family SEMELIDAE Stoliczka, 1870 [1825]

Calcinella – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 164, ex Adanson ms. Not used as a valid taxon. Listed in the synonymy of Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815 .

NOTE

Syndosmya P. Fischer, 1887 , is now regarded as a synonym of Abra Lamarck, 1818 .

bazini , Thracia ? – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 267, 15, pl. 15, fig. 3. — Type locality: Muirancourt. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). In proposing this species, Deshayes said that it might be the same as Thracia “ condaminei ” ( Morris, 1854), that is, Psammobia condamini Morris (1854: 158-159 , pl. 2, fig. 15, from Paleocene of England, which seems to be the case. — Current status: synonym of Scrobicularia condamini ( Morris, 1854) (S. V. Wood 1877: 21, pl. A, fig. 1; Cossmann 1886a: 68).

borbonica , Amphidesma –Deshayes, 1863: 10-11, pl. 1, figs 18-19. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Semele australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) [ Amphidesma ] ( Huber 2010a: 340, 697-698).

brevis , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 311-312, 16, pl. 16, figs 14-17, non (Bosquet, 1852) [ Ligula ]. — Type localities: Le Guépelle & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Syndosmya deshayesi Bosquet, 1864 , replacement name (p. 801, footnote 1). Unnecessarily additionally renamed as Syndosmya brachyrhyncha Cossmann, 1886a ( Cossmann 1886a: 66; 1886b: 102). Preoccupies Syndosmya segmentum brevis P. Fischer, 1867 . — Current status: Abra deshayesi ( Bosquet, 1864) ( Pacaud & Le Renard 1995: 182; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69).

cuspidata , Tellina – Deshayes, 1855c: 360, non Olivi, 1792. — Type locality: Chusan, China; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material:NHMUK 20230058, 3 syntypes. — Current status:synonym of the Indo-Pacific Leptomya pura (Angas, 1871) [ Neaera (Leptomya) ] ( Huber 2015: 752; Xu & Zhang 2018: 170-171. pl. 14, fig. 5).

deltoidea , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 310-311; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 22-24. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Abra deltoidea (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 84; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69).

depressa , Syndosmya –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 314, 16, pl. 16, figs 9-12. — Type locality: Mouchy-le-Châtel. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Abra depressa (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69; Pacaud 2008: 93).

difficilis , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 309-310; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 25-27. — Type locality: Thiverval-Grignon. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Abra difficilis (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69; Pacaud 2008: 93).

donacina , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 305;1858-DescrCoqFoss: 305, 16 ter, pl. 16 bis, figs 28-30. — Type locality: Jeurre. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: Abra donacina (Deshayes, 1857) ( Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 262-263, fig. 167: 13-16).

elegans , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 303, 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 4-6. — Type locality: Jeurre. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Type material: MNHN.F.J04135, syntype. — Current status: Abra elegans (Deshayes, 1857) ( Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 262-263, fig. 167: 1-4).

exilis , Syndosmya –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 307; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 7-9. Ver-sur-Launette. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Abra exilis (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 84; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69).

grandis , Cumingia – Deshayes, 1857b: 281-282, pl. 8, figs 4-5. — Type locality: Chile. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Cumingia mutica G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD; Valentich-Scott et al. 2020: 266).

lamberti , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 304, 16, pl. 16, figs 5-8. — Type locality: Mercin-et-Vaux. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Abra lamberti (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69) .

macrodonta , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 313; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 10-12. Mercin-et-Vaux.— Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Abra macrodonta (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69) .

media , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 308-309; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 16-18. — Type locality: Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Abra media (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69; Pacaud 2008: 93).

modesta , Syndosmya –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 308; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 1-3. — Type locality: Jeurre.— Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: Abra modesta (Deshayes, 1857) ( Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 262-263, fig. 167: 5-8).

obscura , Amphidesma – Deshayes, 1863: 9-10, pl. 1, figs 16-17. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Semele australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) [ Amphidesma ] ( Huber 2010a: 340, 697-698).

obtusa , Syndosmya –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 309, 16, pl. 16, figs 16-19. Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Abra obtusa (Deshayes, 1857) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69; Pacaud 2008: 93).

ovata , Amphidesma – Deshayes, 1833b: 231, “pl. 6, figs 6-8”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 89-90, pl. 20, figs 6-8. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: taxon inquirendum .

pellicula , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 307-308, 16, pl. 16, figs 20-23. — Type locality: Jeurre. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: synonym of Abra donacina (Deshayes, 1857) [ Syndosmya ] (Pacaud herein).

raulini , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 303-304, 16, pl. 16, figs 1-4. Jeurre. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: Abra raulini (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 86; Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 262-263, fig. 167: 9-12).

recluzii , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 305-306, 16, pl. 16, figs 13-15. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes & Boursault. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Abra recluzii (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 86; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69; Pacaud 2008: 93).

sandbergeri , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 312-313, 16, pl. 16, figs 28-30. Etréchy & Jeurre. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: synonym of Abra modesta (Deshayes, 1857) [ Syndosmya ] (Pacaud herein).

striatula , Syndosmya –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 311;1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 19-21. — Type localities: Laon, Aizy-Jouy & Mercin-et-Vaux. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Abra striatula (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 86; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69).

subtrigona , Amphidesma – Deshayes, 1833b: 231, “pl. 6, figs 3-5”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 89, pl. 20, figs 3-5. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: taxon inquirendum .

suessoniensis , Syndosmya – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 306; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 16 bis, pl. 16 bis, figs 13-15. — Type locality: Mercin-et-Vaux. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Abra suessoniensis (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel, 1967: 86; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 69).

tellinoides , Erycina –Deshayes, 1824-DescrCoqFoss: 43-44, 3, pl. 6, figs 10-12; 1830b-EncyMeth: 119; 1835-HistNatAnim2: 119; 1839-HistNatAnim3: 541. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes, Mouchy-le-Châtel, Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type material: MNHN.F.A50175, syntypes (Lamarck coll.). A new species possibly established because of the homonymy of Abra (Abra) pusilla ( Lamarck, 1806) [ Tellina ], non Tellina pusilla Gmelin, 1791 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 85), but Deshayes did not mention the earlier homonym. — Current status: now Abra tellinoides (Deshayes, 1824) .

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purpurea , Ervilia – E. A. Smith, 1906: 66-67, 71, pl. 8, figs 10- 11, ex Deshayes ms. — Type locality: Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. A name was evidently placed on some NHMUK Red Sea specimens by Deshayes, but he never published it. It became a nomen nudum in G. B. Sowerby III (1904: 15). Smith (1906: 66) was the first to make the name available. — Current status: Ervilia purpurea E. A. Smith, 1906 ( Oliver 1992: 168, pl. 31; Huber 2010a: 345, 702)