Species Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849

• Septifer cumingii Récluz, C.A. 1849. Description de quelque nouvelles espèces de Coquilles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2nd Series 1: 64-71 [132].
• Septifer forskalii Dunker, W.R. 1855. De Septiferis genere Mytilaceorum et de Dreisseniis. Thesis. Bayrhofferi Academicis, Marburgi, Germany.
• Septifer furcillata Gould, A.A. 1861. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition (continued). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 14-40 [39].
• Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, H.A. 1921. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii VIII-XIII. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 72: 296-328 [323].
• Septifer pulcher Wang, Z. 1983. Studies on the Mytilidae of Xisha Islands, Guangdong province, China. Studia Marina Sinica 5(20): 213-219 [in Chinese].
• Septifer australis Laseron, C. 1956. New South Wales Mussels - a taxonomic review of the family Mytilidae from the Peronian Zoogeographical Province. The Australian Zoologist 12(3): 263-283, figs 1-53 [266, figs 6, 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.90540, Sydney north, Collaroy, off Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°45‘0‘S, 151°19‘1.2‘E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, Arafura Sea, Mediterranean immigrant, New Zealand; Kermadec Islands?

General References

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [13] (as Septifer australis Laseron, 1956)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [78, fig. 160] (as Septifer (Septifer) australis Laseron, 1956)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		06-Sep-2012	ADDED