Semele borbonica ( Deshayes, 1863 )

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3261

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253824

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F56-FFE0-FE38-FD13FCA14F6D

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scientific name

Semele borbonica ( Deshayes, 1863 )
status

 

Semele borbonica ( Deshayes, 1863)

Habitat (inferred). Probably burrowing in coral sand.

Distribution. A single shell from the reef front at Passe Demi, 18 m.

Remarks. This is a small rounded shell with a very fine dense sculpture of concentric threads. There are traces of pink radial rays on the inner margins. This shell equates well with the type illustrations and similarly labelled material from Mauritius held in the Viader collection in the National Museum of Wales.

Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M].

Figured specimen. 11.9 mm, NMW.Z.2001.061.00056.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Semele

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