Septa (gastropod)
Septa is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. It was previously considered as a subgenus of Cymatium.[2]
| Septa | |
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| shell of Septa bibbeyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Septa Perry, 1810[1] |
| Type species | |
| Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Septa:[2]
- 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)[3]
References
- Perry (1810). Arcana, sign. B, 1811, Conchology, pl. 14.
- Septa Perry, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- 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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