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Septifer mayai

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Septifer mayai was named by Griffin et al. (2008). Its type specimen is GHUNLPam 808, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Septifer mayai Griffin et al. p. 141 figs. 3.1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusSeptiferRécluz 1848
speciesmayai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Septifer mayai Griffin et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Griffin et al. 2008Average-sized Septifer, with very strongpostumbonal keel and 35 to 45 simple, flat, quadrate-sectioned, smooth ribs separated by deeply incisedinterspaces showing scaly ornamentation producedby commarginal growth lines.