Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Semelidae > Genus Semele

Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Semele*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Amphidesma*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Semele (Amphidesma)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Semele sinensis*	A. Adams, 1854	synonym
*Tellina cordiformis*	Holten, 1802	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フルイガイ

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] & Zhang J.-L. [Junlong]. (2018). Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata vol. 57: Mollusca. Bivalvia. Tellinidae, Semelidae. Beijing: Science Press. 236 pp. 15 pls.
additional source	Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records. 63: 123-164, 8 pls.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semele cordiformis (Holten, 1802). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216508