WoRMS taxon details
Mytilisepta bifurcata (Conrad, 1837)
506155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506155)
accepted
Species
Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (original combination)
Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Septifer bifurcatus var. obsoletus Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 241, pl. 18 fig. 14. [details]
page(s): 241, pl. 18 fig. 14. [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilisepta bifurcata (Conrad, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506155 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 241, pl. 18 fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Septifer bifurcatus var. obsoletus Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 404 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 241, pl. 18 fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Septifer bifurcatus var. obsoletus Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 404 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 57920)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilisepta bifurcata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus var. obsoletus Dall, 1916)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilisepta bifurcata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Septifer bifurcatus var. obsoletus Dall, 1916)
From editor or global species database
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