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Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus 1758)

Septifer bilocularis

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

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2018.100454. S2CID 92816386.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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Septifer bilocularis: Brief Summary

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

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

Right valve

Right valve

Left valve

Left valve

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Description

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Habitat: attached to rocks among algae. Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958).

Reference

Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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