Semele purpurascens Purplish Semele

Semele purpurascensis commonly referred to as Purplish Semele. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

bhb 21 PB231160 Purplish Semele, Semele purpurascens,2021

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Scientific:: Semele purpurascens
German:: Purpur-Semele
English:: Purplish Semele

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Semelidae (Family) > Semele (Genus) > purpurascens (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Komodo (Komodo Island), Panama, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 1 - 55 Meter
Size:: 3,4 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Semele amabilis
Semele androgyna
Semele australis
Semele barbarae
Semele bellastriata
Semele bicolor
Semele californica
Semele capensis
Semele carnicolor
Semele casali
Semele casta
Semele compta
Semele cordiformis
Semele corrugata
Semele craneana
Semele crenulata
Semele decisa
Semele duplicata
Semele elliptica
Semele exarata
Semele flavescens
Semele formosa
Semele gayae
Semele gruneri
Semele hanleyi
Semele hedlandi
Semele jamesi
Semele jovis
Semele jucunda
Semele laevis
Semele lamellosa
Semele lamyi
Semele lenticularis
Semele martinii
Semele menezesii
Semele modesta
Semele natalensis
Semele pallida
Semele phryne
Semele pilsbryi
Semele proficua
Semele pulchra
Semele purpurascens
Purpur-Semele
Semele radiata
Semele rosea
Semele rubropicta
Semele rupicola
Semele rupium
Semele scabra
Semele solida
Semele sowerbyi
Semele striata
Semele tortuosa
Semele venusta
Semele verrucosa
Semele vestalis
Semele zalosa
Semele zebuensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-02-06 13:44:25
Last edit:: 2022-02-06 13:44:25

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Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)

The Purplish Semele is maroon, purplish or sometimes orange colour, and have a central area of more intense coloration inside the shell valves.

Synonymised names:
Amphidesma laeta Reeve, 1853
Amphidesma variabile Gray, 1825
Amphidesma variegata Lamarck, 1818
Semele (Amphidesma) purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
Semele obliqua (Wood, 1815)
Semele ornata Gould, 1862
Semele sparsilineata Dall, 1915
Tellina obliqua W. Wood, 1815 (invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 948)
Venus purpurascens Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

External links

WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.02.2022.

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bhb 21 PB231160 Purplish Semele, Semele purpurascens,2021

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