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Septifer bilocularis

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Septifer bilocularis
Septifer bilocularis
Scientific classification Edit this 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 subtriangularis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Mytilus bilocularis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Mytilus nicobaricus Röding, 1798
  • Mytilus septulifer Menke, 1830
  • Tichogonia bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tichogonia kraussii Küster, 1841
  • Tichogonia wiegmannii Küster, 1841

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

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

Distribution

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

References

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  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
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