Septifer bilocularis

Septifer bilocularis
Septifer bilocularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Superfamily:	Mytiloidea
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Septifer
Species:	S. bilocularis
Binomial name
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Modiola subtriangularisW. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym) Mytilus bilocularisLinnaeus, 1758 Mytilus nicobaricusRöding, 1798 Mytilus septuliferMenke, 1830 Tichogonia bilocularis(Linnaeus, 1758) Tichogonia kraussiiKüster, 1841 Tichogonia wiegmanniiKüster, 1841

Septifer bilocularis is a marine bivalve species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. ^[1]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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  Right valve
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  Left valve

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific.; ^[2] also in Australia.

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
2. Morton, Brian (January 2019). "The biology and functional morphology of Septifer bilocularis and Mytilisepta virgata (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) from corals and the exposed rocky shores, respectively, of Hong Kong". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 25: 100454. Bibcode:2019RSMS...2500454M. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2018.100454. S2CID   92816386.

• Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
• Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 -Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines, p. 1-160, 38 pls
• Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Récluz, C. A. (1848). Description d'un nouveau genre de coquille bivalve nommé Septifère (Septifer). Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 11: 275-279
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• Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
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