''Septifer'' is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
marine
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Septiferinae of the family
Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
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lists the following species:
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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'' D
unker, 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'' D
all, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
References
External links
Récluz, C. A. (1848). Description d'un nouveau genre de coquille bivalve nommé Septifère (Septifer). Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 11: 275-279Stoliczka 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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Bivalve genera