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''Septifer'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of saltwater clams,
marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...
bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the subfamily Septiferinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.


Species

The
World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...
lists the following species: *''
Septifer bilocularis ''Septifer bilocularis'' is a marine bivalve species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Right and left valve of the same specimen: File:Septifer bilocularis 01.jpg, Right valve File:Septifer bilocularis 02.jpg, Left valve Distribution Tr ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 *'' Septifer excisus'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * † ''
Septifer huttoni ''Septifer'' is a genus of saltwater clams, Marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Septiferinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Species The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: *''Septifer biloc ...
'' (Cossmann, 1916) * † '' Septifer pissarroi'' Le Renard, 1994 *'' Septifer ramulosus'' (Viader, 1951) *'' Septifer rudis'' Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 *'' Septifer rufolineatus'' (E. A. Smith, 1911) * † '' Septifer serratus'' (Melleville, 1843) * † '' Septifer torquatus'' (P. Marshall, 1918) *'' Septifer zeteki'' Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946 ;Synonyms: * ''Septifer australis'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer bifurcatus'' (Conrad, 1837): synonym of '' Mytilisepta bifurcata'' (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted combination) * ''Septifer bisculpturata'' Barnard, 1964: synonym of ''Septifer bisculpturatus'' Barnard, 1964: synonym of ''Septifer ramulosus'' (Viader, 1951) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) * ''Septifer bisculpturatus'' Barnard, 1964: synonym of ''Septifer ramulosus'' (Viader, 1951) * ''Septifer bryanae'' (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer crassus'' Dunker, 1853: synonym of '' Mytilisepta virgata'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer cumingi'' ic synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 (misspelling) * ''Septifer forskali'' Dunker, 1855: synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer forskalii'' Dunker, 1855: synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer furcillata'' Gould, 1861: synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer fuscus'' Récluz, 1848: synonym of ''Septifer excisus'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer herrmannseni'' Dunker, 1853: synonym of '' Mytilisepta virgata'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer keenae'' Nomura, 1936: synonym of '' Mytilisepta keenae'' (Nomura, 1936) * ''Septifer keeni'' Nomura, 1936: synonym of ''Septifer keenae'' Nomura, 1936: synonym of '' Mytilisepta keenae'' (Nomura, 1936) (incorrect original spelling) * ''Septifer pulcher'' Z.-R. Wang, 1983: synonym of ''Septifer cumingii'' Récluz, 1849 * ''Septifer trautwineana'' Tryon, 1866: synonym of ''
Mytilopsis trautwineana ''Mytilopsis'' is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae. Species Species within the genus ''Mytilopsis'' are: * ''Mytilopsis adamsi'' J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 * '' Mytilopsis africana'' (Van Beneden, 1835) ...
'' (Tryon, 1866) (original combination) * ''Septifer troschelii'' Dunker, 1853: synonym of ''Septifer excisus'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer vaughani'' Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938: synonym of ''Septifer excisus'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer virgatus'' (Wiegmann, 1837): synonym of '' Mytilisepta virgata'' (Wiegmann, 1837) * ''Septifer xishaensis'' Z.-R. Wang, 1983: synonym of ''Septifer rudis'' Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938


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Récluz, C. A. (1848). Description d'un nouveau genre de coquille bivalve nommé Septifère (Septifer). Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 11: 275-279

Stoliczka F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. [in] T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. pp. i-xxii, 1-537, pl. 1-50
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