Septa (gastropod)
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| Genus: | Septa |
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| Septa scarlatina Perry, 1810 | |
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Septa is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the tritons. It was previously considered as a subgenus of Cymatium.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Septa:[3]
- Septa bibbeyi (Beu, 1987)
- Septa closeli (Beu, 1987)
- Septa flaveola (Röding, 1798)
- Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798)
- Septa marerubrum (Garcia-Talavera, 1985)
- Septa mixta (Arthur & Garcia-Talavera, 1990)
- Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877)
- Septa peasei (Beu, 1987)
- Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
- Septa gemmata is a synonym for Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)[4]
References
- ^ Perry (1810). Arcana, sign. B, 1811, Conchology, pl. 14.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Septa Perry, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463535 on 2010-11-08
- ^ WoRMS : Septa
- ^ Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 March 2011.
- Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers.com.
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