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Septifer elegans

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Septifer elegans was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 5 (of Waring 1917) - Santa Monica Mountains [Coal Canyon Fm], which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in the Coal Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Septifer (Septifer) elegans by Moore (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bryanae, S. dichotomous, S. oblitus, S. probolus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Septifer elegans Waring p. 79 figs. PL 14, Fig. 2
1983Septifer (Septifer) elegans Moore pp. A70 - A71 figs. Plate 18, figure 11
2020Septifer elegans Hendy

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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
specieselegans

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 elegans Waring 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available