Septifer

Septifer
Septifer bilocularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Septifer Récluz, 1848
Type species
Mytilus bilocularisLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Brachydontes (Hormomya)Mörch, 1853

Septifer is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Septiferinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels. ^[1]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: ^[1]

• 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 australisLaseron, 1956: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer bifurcatus(Conrad, 1837): synonym of Mytilisepta bifurcata (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted combination)
• Septifer bisculpturataBarnard, 1964: synonym of Septifer bisculpturatusBarnard, 1964: synonym of Septifer ramulosus(Viader, 1951) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Septifer bisculpturatusBarnard, 1964: synonym of Septifer ramulosus(Viader, 1951)
• Septifer bryanae(Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer crassusDunker, 1853: synonym of Mytilisepta virgata (Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer cumingi [sic]: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849 (misspelling)
• Septifer forskaliDunker, 1855: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer furcillataGould, 1861: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer fuscusRécluz, 1848: synonym of Septifer excisus(Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer herrmannseniDunker, 1853: synonym of Mytilisepta virgata (Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer keenaeNomura, 1936: synonym of Mytilisepta keenae (Nomura, 1936)
• Septifer keeniNomura, 1936: synonym of Septifer keenaeNomura, 1936: synonym of Mytilisepta keenae (Nomura, 1936) (incorrect original spelling)
• Septifer pulcherZ.-R. Wang, 1983: synonym of Septifer cumingiiRécluz, 1849
• Septifer trautwineanaTryon, 1866: synonym of Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866) (original combination)
• Septifer troscheliiDunker, 1853: synonym of Septifer excisus(Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer vaughaniDall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938: synonym of Septifer excisus(Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer virgatus(Wiegmann, 1837): synonym of Mytilisepta virgata (Wiegmann, 1837)
• Septifer xishaensisZ.-R. Wang, 1983: synonym of Septifer rudis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Septifer Récluz, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-21.

External links

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