Taxonomy of Arabian Bivalves. Part 2. A new species of Semele (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) | The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

H. C. G. CHESNEY

P. G. OLIVER

(1994)

Volume

35

Part

1

Page from

33

A new species of the bivalve genus Semele is described from the cold water upwelling area of the southern coast of Oman. Its close similarity to Eastern Pacific forms is further evidence of Tethyan relicts on the Oman coast.

Keywords

Taxonomy

Bivalvia

Tellinoidea

Arabian Sea.