''Septifer'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of saltwater clams,
marine 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, biv ...
molluscs in the subfamily
Septiferinae of the family
Mytilidae
Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, '' Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 ge ...
, 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
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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
''Septifer'' is a genus of saltwater clams, 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 bilocularis'' (L ...
'' (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''
(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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Mytilidae
Bivalve genera