Septifer bilocularis

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Septifer bilocularis
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Septifer bilocularis
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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]

Contents

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

Distribution

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

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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.