Comprehensive Description
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Semele modesta (Reeve, 1853)
Amphidesma modesta Reeve, 1853, pl. 6: figs. 35a,b.
Semele cordiformis (Chemnitz).—Smith, 1890a:301; 1890b:321; 1890c:498.
Semele modesta (Reeve).—Boss, 1972:13.
PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—Smith (1890a, b), Boss (1972).
PRESENT MATERIAL.—The species is included here based on the record of K. M. Hutchfield (pers. comm., 1972) for Semele proficua.
DISTRIBUTION.—Islands of Gulf of Guinea, coast of central west Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Brazil (Boss, 1972).
- bibliographic citation
- Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189
