''Septifer'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the subfamily
Septiferinae of the family
Mytilidae
The Mytilidae are a family (biology), family of small to large Marine life, marine and Brackish water, brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order (biology), order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna fortunei, Limnoperna'', even inhabits f ...
, the mussels.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
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lists the following species:
*''
Septifer bilocularis''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
*''
Septifer cumingii''
Récluz, 1849
*''
Septifer excisus''
(Wiegmann, 1837)
* † ''
Septifer huttoni''
(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
Mytilidae
Bivalve genera
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